define personal growth initiative
Personal growth initiative , a construct operationalized by Christine Robitschek, is intentional engagement in the process of trying to change oneself. It grew out of her work with students in a wilderness program, Outward Bound, which focuses on personal growth. Personal growth initiative includes cognitive and behavioral elements. The cognitive elements, such as believing that change within the self is possible, valuing this type of change, and knowing how to change the self function as precursors for the behavioral elements.