Abstract
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 researchwas accomplished in three phases with aim to translate and validate PGIS-II in Urdu. Phase 1addressed the translation of measure through forward-backward translationmethod. To establish the cross-language validity, translated and the English version wasadministered on bilingual university students (N= 100). Reliability of both versions was determined by computing test-retest technique with 15 days interval. Phase-2was 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-3of 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.
Sadia Zaman, Irum Naqvi. (2020) Translation and Validation of Personal Growth Initiative Scale-II for Pakistani Adults, Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, Volume-35, Issue-4.
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