Personal Growth Initiative and its Relationship to the Meaning in Life among Adolescents Field study in a sample of students of the Faculty of Education at Damascus University

Abstract

The research aims to identify the relationship between the Personal Growth Initiative and the meaning of life among adolescents (university students), as well as the differences in the personal growth initiative and the meaning of life according to the gender variable.

 The study was conducted on a sample of 175 first-year students at the Faculty of Education, Department of Psychology (39 males and 136 females).

The study tools consisted of Personal Growth Initiative Scale (2008 Robitschek and Researcher Translation) and The Meaning Scale in The Life Scale (prepared by Steger et al, 2006 and the researcher's translation)

The results showed a significant correlation between the Personal Growth Initiative and the meaning of life (the presence of meaning). There was no correlation between the Personal Growth Initiative and (the search for meaning) and no statistically significant differences in the personal growth initiative and the meaning in life according to the gender variable.