Author: Manal Aftab Butt
Supervisor: Faiza Safdar
Degree: BS
Year: 2013-2017
University: Centre for Clinical Psychology, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan
Abstract
The present study was conducted to examine the relationship
between Self-efficacy, Identity Styles, Risk Taking Behavior and
Personal Growth Initiative in University Students. It was
hypothesized that personal growth initiative would be
significantly correlated with self-efficacy, identity styles and risk
taking behavior among university students. The Convenient
Sampling strategy was used to collect a sample of 300 university
students with age ranging from 20-25 years. General SelfEfficacy Scale (Jerusalem & Schwarzer), Identity Style Inventory (Berzonsky, 1992) Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (Hoyle, 2003)
and Personal Growth Initiative Scale (Robitschek, 1998) were
used in the present study to assess, self-efficacy, identity styles
and personal growth initiative respectively. Results revealed
significant positive correlation between risk taking behavior, selfefficacy, identity styles and personal growth initiative. It was also evident from the result that self-efficacy, identity styles and risk
taking behavior significantly predicted personal growth initiative.
Keywords: Personal Growth Initiative, Self-efficacy,Identity Processing Orientation, Identity style, Risk Taking Behavior.
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