APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Cultural Differences in Personal Growth Initiative As a Predictor of Life Satisfaction: Evidence for Using Resources Among Easterners and Being Planful Among Westerners
- Mingqi Li
Skidmore College - Zihao Zhou
University of Michigan - Tianbi Duan
University of Pennsylvania - Yifan Dai
Wake Forest University - Zhihang Yang
University of Michigan - Xiaping Zheng
Beijing Jiaotong University - Kaidi Wu
University of Michigan - Olivia Chang
Research Action Academy, Ann Arbor - Hongfei Yang
Zhejiang University - Edward Chang
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Abstract
This study examined for cultural variations in personal growth initiative as a predictor of life satisfaction between Chinese and American college students. Results indicated that using resources was a unique predictor for Chinese, whereas planfulness was a unique predictor for Americans.
Cultural