<scp>I</scp>ntentional <scp>G</scp>rowth <scp>T</scp>raining: Developing an Intervention to Increase Personal Growth Initiative

Thoen, Megan A.; Robitschek, Christine

doi:10.1111/aphw.12001

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“…Thoen and Robitschek (2013) designed an intervention to increase individuals' levels of PGI. The program has two phases: an educational phase that explains the relevance of PGI to daily life, and a growth activity phase.…”

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The protective function of personal growth initiative among a genocide-affected population in Rwanda.

Blackie

Jayawickreme

Forgeard

et al. 2015

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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The aim of the current study was to investigate the extent to which individual differences in personal growth initiative (PGI) were associated with lower reports of functional impairment of daily activities among a genocide-affected population in Rwanda. PGI measures an individual's motivation to develop as a person and the extent to which he or she is active in setting goals that work toward achieving self-improvement. We found that PGI was negatively associated with functional impairment when controlling for depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and other demographic factors. Our results suggest that PGI may constitute an important mindset for facilitating adaptive functioning in the aftermath of adversity and in the midst of psychological distress, and as such they might have practical applications for the development of intervention programs.

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The protective function of personal growth initiative among a genocide-affected population in Rwanda.

Blackie

Jayawickreme

Forgeard

et al. 2015

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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“…The results of the studies presented below indicate that the interventions developed were effective in promoting the development of skills related to PGI (Robitschek, 1997;Thoen & Robitschek, 2013;Wang & Tien, 2011).…”

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“…Personal growth initiative was also used as the outcome variable to investigate the impact of interventions designed to promote self-knowledge and the development of skills related to PGI (Robitschek, 1997;Thoen & Robitschek, 2013;Wang & Tien, 2011). The results of the studies presented below indicate that the interventions developed were effective in promoting the development of skills related to PGI (Robitschek, 1997;Thoen & Robitschek, 2013;Wang & Tien, 2011).…”

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Systematic Review about Personal Growth Initiative

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Título: Revisión Sistemática sobre Iniciativa de Crecimiento Personal. Resumen: El presente estudio busca realizar una revisión sistemática de publicaciones acerca de la iniciativa de crecimiento personal. Se realizó una revisión de literatura en las bases de datos Bireme, Index Psi, LILACS, PePSIC, Pubmed -Publisher's Medline, Wiley Online Library, PsycINFO, OneFile, SciVerse ScienceDirect, ERIC, Emerald Journals, PsycARTICLES -American Psychological Association, Directory of Open Access Journals -DOAJ, SAGE Journals, SpringerLink, PLoS, IngentaConnect, IEEE Journals & Magazines y SciELO. La revisión de la literatura se realizó a partir de diciembre de 2014 a enero de 2015, sin estipular límites de fecha para la publicación de los artículos. De los 53 estudios hallados, se excluyeron 7 y se analizaron 46. Los estudios se enfocaron en investigar las propiedades psicométricas de la escala iniciativa de crecimiento personal y de iniciativa de crecimiento personal escala II. Las relaciones de crecimiento personal iniciativa y otros constructos también fueron evaluados. Además, los estudios investigaron el impacto de las intervenciones para promover la iniciativa de crecimiento personal. Los resultados de estos estudios mostraron que iniciativa de crecimiento personal se relaciona positivamente con los niveles de bienestar, la autoestima y otras dimensiones positivas, y negativamente con la ansiedad, depresión y otros factores negativos. Palabras clave: Iniciativa de crecimiento personal; evaluación; bienestar; revisión de literature. Abstract:The present study aimed to realize a systematic review of publications about personal growth initiative. A literature review was realized in Bireme, Index Psi, LILACS, PePSIC, Pubmed -Publisher's Medline, Wiley Online Library, PsycINFO, OneFile, SciVerse ScienceDirect, ERIC, Emerald Journals, PsycARTICLES -American Psychological Association, Directory of Open Access Journals -DOAJ, SAGE Journals, SpringerLink, PLoS, IngentaConnect, IEEE Journals & Magazines and SciELO databases. The literature review was performed from December of 2014 to January of 2015, without stipulating date limits for the publication of the articles. It was found 53 studies, excluded seven, and analyzed 46 researches. The studies aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of personal growth initiative scale and personal growth initiative scale II. The relations of personal initiative growth and others constructs were also evaluated. Furthermore the studies investigated the impact of interventions to promote personal growth initiative. Results of these studies showed that personal growth initiative was positively related to levels of well-being, selfesteem and others positive dimensions, and negatively to anxiety, depression and others negative factors.

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“…All collected data should be analyzed. But there are still some methodological suggestions such as comparing art-of-living training to the existing intervention programs (eg, (8)) and adapt trainings to individual needs, which should be explored in future studies.…”

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Improving Art-of-Living Trainings: Implication of Art-of-Living Trainings for Primary School Students

Lang

Schmitz

2017

Int J School Health

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This commentary is referred to the studies by Lang and Schmitz (1) entitled "Art-of-Living Training: Developing an Intervention for Students to Increase Art-of-Living". Art-ofliving is described as a mindful and self-determined way of dealing with one's self and way of life (2). Since art-of-living is based on strategies and attitudes which can be learned, it is possible to influence art-of-living by interventions. Lang and Schmitz (1) developed a training method for primary school students (8 -11) to improve art-of-living in them. A pre-and post-comparison showed improvement of the overall art-of-living as well as single components (3) and quality of life (4) in the case group, compared to the control group. Successful training enhanced art-of-living; but, there are still some limitations. The current letter aimed at translating the described limitations into specific implications to develop a new training for primary school students (5).The training was conducted only in 3 components, but it is unclear if this selection can describe the complicated structure of art-of-living including 17 components. There are strong correlations between the components (6). By training one component, others can be affected too. And also as it is not possible to extend a school training so much to train each component, it was decided to use a selection of 3 components for training with primary school students. It was decided to select different components for another training (savoring, self-determined way of living, and self-efficacy). Base on the study by Hone et al. (7), the current investigation also tested different combinations of multiple components.The original study was based on a 2-session training and pre/post comparisons. One suggestion was to increase the number of training sessions and also have a follow-upmeasure to make assumptions about the stability of the measured effects. Hence it was decided to have another training group who gained the same training as the experimental group (2 sessions), but it was divided into 4 sessions over 4 weeks. Also, the 3rd point of measurement was made after 3 weeks.In the original study by Lang and Schmitz (1), the training was only conducted with a few students to evaluate the first effects. The current study was conducted on 385 primary school students of different classes and schools to control social biases.A main limitation of the original study was that the employed questionnaire was a modified version for adults developed by Schmitz and Schmidt (3). A version for children and adolescents should be validated based on all important components (not only a selection of them). This process is currently under way. The pilot study was completed and the validating data are available for analysis.The effects could be shown by comparison between the experimental and control groups. For the progression of the original study, various control conditions had to be considered. It was not very easy because art-of-living should be observed as a holistic model including a lot of important ...

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Intentional Growth Training: Developing an Intervention to Increase Personal Growth Initiative

Abstract: The most effective IGT format appears to include both education about PGI and a growth activity. The benefits of utilising IGT are discussed.

Cited by 60 publications

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The protective function of personal growth initiative among a genocide-affected population in Rwanda.

The protective function of personal growth initiative among a genocide-affected population in Rwanda.

Systematic Review about Personal Growth Initiative

Improving Art-of-Living Trainings: Implication of Art-of-Living Trainings for Primary School Students

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