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Translation and Validation of Personal Growth Initiative Scale-II for Pakistani Adults

    Sadia Zaman

    SWPS University of Social Sciences & Humanities, Aleksandra Ostrowskiego, Poland

    Irum Naqvi

    National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan


Received
09 Jan, 2019
Accepted
06 Nov, 2019
Published
31 Dec, 2020

Personal growth initiative is a person's active and intentional involvement in changing and developing as a person. Personal Growth Initiative Scale-II (PGIS-II; Robitschek et al., 2012) provides evidence of multidimensionality of construct of personal growth. Present research was accomplished in three phases with aim to translate and validate PGIS-II in Urdu. Phase 1 addressed the translation of measure through forward-backward translation method. To establish the cross-language validity, translated and the English version was administered on bilingual university students (N = 100). Reliability of both versions was determined by computing test-retest technique with 15 days interval. Phase-2 was aimed to establish the construct validity by carrying out. Exploratory Factor Analysis on adult women (N = 300) with age range of 21 to 52 years. Results showed four factors namely, Planfulness, Readiness for Change, Intentional Behavior, and Using Resources are reflection of personal growth initiative. Phase-3 of the research was aimed to confirm the factorial validity on sample of women (N = 300) with age range from 19 to 50 years. Findings confirmed four factor solutions and suggested that PGIS-II Urdu version can be utilized as a valid and reliable measure for the assessment of personal growth initiative among adults in Pakistan.

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APA-7 Style
, S., Naqvi, I. (2020). Translation and Validation of Personal Growth Initiative Scale-II for Pakistani Adults. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 35(4), 657-674. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2020.35.4.35

ACS Style
, S.; Naqvi, I. Translation and Validation of Personal Growth Initiative Scale-II for Pakistani Adults. Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2020, 35, 657-674. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2020.35.4.35

AMA Style
S, Naqvi I. Translation and Validation of Personal Growth Initiative Scale-II for Pakistani Adults. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2020; 35(4): 657-674. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2020.35.4.35

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Sadia Zaman, and Irum Naqvi. 2020. "Translation and Validation of Personal Growth Initiative Scale-II for Pakistani Adults" Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 35, no. 4: 657-674. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2020.35.4.35