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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025

Personal growth initiative: confirmatory factor analysis, gender invariance, and external validity of the Persian version.

Mojtaba Habibi Asgarabad, Pardis Salehi Yegaei, Parishad Bromandnia, Joseph Ciarrochi, Stefanos Mastrotheodoros, Nora Wiium

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Mojtaba Habibi AsgarabadDepartment of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Pardis Salehi YegaeiHealth Promotion Research Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
Parishad BromandniaDepartment of Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Joseph CiarrochiInstitute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Stefanos MastrotheodorosFaculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Research Center for Adolescent Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Nora WiiumDepartment of Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

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Introduction: The current cross-sectional research was performed to verify the measurement soundness of the Personal Growth Initiative Scale-II (PGIS-II) regarding reliability, validity, and gender invariance in an Iranian sample. Methods: In an online survey, 1,453 students (50.8% girls, mean Results: The original 4-factor structure of PGIS-II demonstrated the best fit in the Confirmatory factor analysis and was invariant across gender. Reliability estimates of this factorial model, including corrected item-total correlation, inter-item correlations, Cronbach's alpha, Theta, and Omega were good to excellent (e.g., α = 0.86-0.95). Discriminant validity was upheld via the moderate correlation among PGIS-II's subscales, and through the acceptable levels of average variance extracted. The concurrent validity of the Persian version of PGIS-II and its subscales was supported by their moderate negative correlations with internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems ( Discussion: 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.

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adolescentsconcurrent validitygender invarianceinternalizing and externalizing behavioral problemspersonal growth initiative

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