Cultivating Compassion and Youth Action Around the Globe: A Preliminary Report on Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Program by Laura R. Johnson, Julie S. Johnson-Pynn

“…R&S aims to foster learning, personal growth and civic engagement among youth members through service activities and environmental education. …”
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Fight Club: Radical Sufferings and Contemporary Society by Ana Carla Silvares Pompêo de Camargo Arós, Tânia Maria José Aiello Vaisberg

“…By establishing a dialogue with Winnicott and Bauman, it was possible to conclude that the clinical issue in question is intimately concerned with the new forms of organizing the liquid-modern society, which paradoxically develop a certain type of individualism while they make it hard to personal growth in a sense of developing one’s ability of feeling alive, real and able to provide spontaneous gesture to transform the self and the world. …”
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Paradigms in Swedish as a Second Language – Curricula for Primary School and Secondary School in Swedish as a Second Language by Ulrika MAGNUSSON

“…In comparison, the curriculum of Swedish as a second language turns out to be more oriented towards skills and communicative paradigms, at the expense of paradigms related to personal growth, literature or Bildung. Also, the curriculum seems to have weak connections to research on second language development or education. …”
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Examining the Differences of Gender on Psychological Well-being by Nurul ‘Aaina Binti Salleh, Che Su Mustaffa

“…Besides that, no gender differences were found in term of all the dimensions in psychological well-being (autonomy, environmental mastery, positive relations with others, self-acceptance, and   personal growth) among flood victims. It implies that there was no dissimilarity in term of perception toward psychological well-being for those male and female respondents. …”
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Exploration of relational flow in dyadic coaching conversations: Circumplex map of relational flow by Alistair Bradley

“…Flow as a subjective, optimal experience plays a facilitating role in individual personal growth and development across different work contexts. …”
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TEACHER'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS AND DETERMINANTS by E. V. Yezhak

“…‘Factors-blockers’ and ‘factors-facilitators' of the professional and personal growth are identified and described. The significance of the teacher’s subjected involvement in the process of self-development is shown. …”
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Examining the Differences of Gender on Psychological Well-being by Nurul ‘Aaina Binti Salleh, Che Su Mustaffa

“…Besides that, no gender differences were found in term of all the dimensions in psychological well-being (autonomy, environmental mastery, positive relations with others, self-acceptance, and personal growth) among flood victims. It implies that there was no dissimilarity in term of perception toward psychological well-being for those male and female respondents.…”
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Parenting the Exceptional Social-Emotional Needs of Gifted and Talented Children: What Do We Know? by Dimitrios Papadopoulos

“…Studies support the conclusion that significant determinants of G/T children’s personal growth are authoritative parenting, which provides autonomy and self-motivation, and parents’ behaviors and attitudes toward the exceptional needs of G/T children. …”
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AVALIAÇÃO DO PROCESSO DE INGRESSO DOS SERVIDORES TÉCNICO-ADMINISTRATIVOS DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA-UFSC by Adão de Oliveira Filho, Daniela Quadros, Rogério da Silva Nunes

“…Through astudy of case of descriptive and qualitative nature with the recently-contracted servants thatparticipated in this course in the period from 2008 to 2011 and interview with the Director ofthe Division of Training and Removal for Formation of the Pró-rectory of Human and SocialDevelopment of UFSC-DCAF/PRDHS, was ended that the results are positive in therequirement regarding personal growth and knowledge of the Institution, but they leave towant in what tells respect the a politics of training administration in relation to the recentlycontracted ones, when it doesn't include subjects and inherent activities to the administrativeroutine, in agreement with the technicians' request and of the leaderships. …”
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Wellness Counseling to Improve the Psychological Well-Being by Nurul Ashfiani, Amin Budiamin, Nandang Budiman

“…Psychological well-being in this research is defined as the functioning of individual psychological aspects as indicated by self-acceptance, positive relations with others, autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life and personal growth. This research uses quantitative approach. …”
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Report on professional attachment with Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd by Mah, Quee Yong

“…The report seeks to cover two main aspects, namely the Projects accomplished and Highlights on Personal Growth and Development. Two Projects, a major and a minor, was completed. …”
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'Penguin On A Mission': original music creation with animated graphics by Yew, Lik Zhun

“…It aims to inspire positive self-talk and foster personal growth, emerging as a comforting sanctuary for individuals grappling with relentless self-criticism. …”
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Subjective person-culture value congruence and well-being by Cheong, Wan Rong

“…Results showed that person-culture value congruence were positively correlated with the cognitive aspect of subjective well-being (life satisfaction) and two out of six dimensions of Ryff’s psychological well-being (environmental mastery and personal growth). Identity centrality was found to moderate the relationship between subjective person-culture value congruence and life satisfaction. …”
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Alone, not lonely : a guide to embracing solitude by Kok, Joemin Jie Ming

“…By emphasising the need to focus on oneself through being comfortable alone, it can be a powerful method for achieving deep introspection, self-love and exponential personal growth. This project aims to firstly eradicate the fear of judgement of being seen alone and introduce the concept of the Spotlight Effect. …”
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An overview of perfectionistic self-presentation by Ding, Chanel Meiqian, Ang, Kimberly Min Yi

“…In this process, we have come to recognize that the desire to be our best self is a positive quality and encourages personal growth when not taken to extremes.…”
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Librarians job satisfaction / Noor Izzati Mohd Radzi, Nurul Nadia Karim and Wan Nurul Syahida Wan Kamaruddin Mukri by Mohd Radzi, Noor Izzati, Karim, Nurul Nadia, Wan Kamaruddin Mukri, Wan Nurul Syahida

“…The eight factors of job satisfaction were working environment, ICT infrastructure, the nature of work, personal growth, salaries, and annual increment. This article also discussed about the challenges of job satisfaction; ICT development, inadequate funding and gender biased. …”
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Mentoring the New Generation of Malaysian Surgeons. by Kandasami Palayan

“…In order for trainees to achieve maximal potential in today’s competitive work environment it is crucial that the surgical profession create a mentoring system that supports the personal growth and professional development of surgeons at various stages of their career (3).…”
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Relationships between optimism, social support, self-efficacy, psychological wellbeing and resilience among postgraduate Iranian students in a Malaysian public univesity by Sabouripour, Fatemeh

“…Also, the result of stepwise regression analysis revealed that self-efficacy, personal growth, optimism, and purpose in life are significant predictors of resilience. …”
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Comparison of psychological well-being, resilience and rumination in mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and normal children

“…The results showed that between the two groups of mothers of normal children and mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, in all components of psychological well-being (in the degree of independence, the degree of mastery of the environment, the degree of personal growth, in the degree of positive relationship with Others differ in the degree of purposefulness in life and the degree of self-acceptance, resilience, and rumination.…”
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Teacher Professional Development in Hong Kong Compared to Anglosphere: the Role of Confucian Philosophy by Lam Bick Har

“…The consensus emerging from the pool of literature is that teacher PD should be “individualized”: more focused on fostering teachers’ personal growth instead of enforcing “standard practices”. …”
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