The Relationship between Personal Growth Initiative & GPA results of university students in Hong Kong.

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 Conceptual definition: PGI is the involvement of an individual on improving, growing and developing as a person (Robitschek, 1998).

 Operational definition: The level of personal growth initiative is measured by the PGI Scale (PGIS).

Personal Growth Initiative

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 Conceptual definition: GPA is a university’s scoring system to indicate students’ levels of comprehension of disciplines within an academic term.

 Operational definition:

Grade Point Average

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   GPA score is a kind of achievement, if PGI is related to GPA results, educators can help to improve university students’ GPI, as Higher PGI Better GPA results Better Achieveme nt

Research Purpose

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Hypothesis

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 Population: All university students in HK  Sample size: At least 40 students in SYU  Instrument: A questionnaire with PGI Scale

Research Method: Survey

09P023 Meiling Questionnaire: Personal Growth Initiative and GPA results Using the scale below, circle the number which best describes the extent to which you agree or disagree with each statement. 1 = Definitely disagree 2 = Mostly disagree 3 = Somewhat disagree 4 = Somewhat agree 5 = Mostly agree 6 = Definitely agree Q1 I know how to change specific things that I want to change in my life. Q2 Q3 I have a good sense of where I am headed in my life. If I want to change something in my life, I initiate the transition process. Disagree 1 1 1 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 I can choose the role that I want to have in a group. I know what I need to do to get started toward reaching my goals. I have a specific action plan to help me reach my goals. I take charge of my life. I know what my unique contribution to the world might be. I have a plan for making my life more balanced. 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Agree 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Q10.

Gender: Male / Female Q11.

Your latest GPA result is __________.

The Questionnaire

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Distribute Questionnaires to students individually with the consent form.

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Each questionnaire only takes about 5 minutes to finish.

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Collect data from questionnaires.

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Analysis the collected data.

Procedure

 The GPA results collected from the questionnaire will be compared with the total PGI score.

 Pearson correlation will be used to calculate whether there is a relationship between PGIS and GPA results.

Data analysis

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Progress Chart

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References University of Pennsylvania (2007). Positive Psychology Questionnaires. Retrieved March 18, 2010 from, Positive Psychology Center: http://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu/​ppquestionnaires.htm

Robitschek, C. (1998). Personal growth initiative: The construct and its measure. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 30(4), 183-198. Retrieved from PsycINFO database.