Personal growth initiative: confirmatory factor analysis, gender invariance, and external validity of the Persian version
Overall, the PGIS-II seems suitable for application in the Persian context to capture personal growth initiative. Clinicians and school counselors should devote attention to the personal growth initiative as a key mechanism to prevent adolescents' behavior problems and improve academic performance.
Authors
- Mojtaba Habibi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5011-2823)
- Joseph Ciarrochi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0471-8100)
- Pardis Salehi Yegaei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0773-650X)
- Nora Wiium (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3430-9271)
- Stefanos Mastrotheodoros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0936-6143)
- Parishad Bromandnia
Institutions
- University of Crete (GR)
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
- Iran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Istinye University (TR)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- Australian Catholic University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-07-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1576783
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- Iran University of Medical Sciences