Impact of Personal Growth Initiatives and Self-Regulation on Depression, Anxiety And Stress Among University Students In Pakistan

Personal Growth Initiatives and Self-Regulation on Depression, Anxiety And Stress

Abstract

The present research was conducted to study the role of personal growth initiatives and  self-regulation on depression, anxiety and stress in university students. The ample (N = 300) was collected from the different universities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Depression, Stress and Anxiety was measured by Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) questionnaire by Lovibond and Lovibond (1995). Forms of Self-Regulation Formative Questionnaire was used to measure self-directive processes, cognitive behaviors, and emotions to attain goals, learn skills, and manage emotional reactions (Abar & Loken, 2010; Southam-Gerow & Kendall, 2002; Zimmerman, 2008). Forms of personal Growth was measured with Personal Growth Initiative Scale by Robitschek and Cook (1999). Hypothesis formed based on the previous literature were tested. The result indicated that stress and anxiety with reference to personal Growth play are negatively related. Where-as personal growth is found significant moderator between stress and Self-regulation, as it is moderated the existing inverse relation of stress and Self-regulation. Furthermore, demographics features have been explored on study variables and results revealed that girls reported high levels of stress as compared to boys. Students of working women showed more depression and anxiety in favor of personal growth as a moderating factor. Adults in terms of family income showed high depression, anxiety and stress. In nutshell adults reported high ratio in terms of anxiety as in relationship of father’s occupation, living condition and Family system.