TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
ABBREVIATIONS
ABSTRACT
摘要
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter One:INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Theoretical Framework of the Study
1.2.1.Personal growth
1.2.2.Self-construal
1.2.3.Personal growth and self-construals
1.3.The central assumption and purpose of the study
1.3.1.The central assumption(Theoretical Hypothesis)
1.3.2.Logical consequences(Deduction)
1.3.3.Purpose of the study
1.4.Significance of the Study
1.5.Outline to the dissertation
1.6.Background of the research study
1.6.1.The research participants’ cultural context
1.6.1 The ‘B-and-B Program’
Chapter Two:REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
2.1.Personal growth
2.1.1.Personal growth in Humanistic Psychology
2.1.2.Blatt’s Model of Psychosocial Development
2.1.3.Personal growth in Chinese culture
2.1.4.Specific aspects of personal growth
2.2.Self-construal
2.3.Group work
2.3.1.Mapping the theoretical field of ‘group work’
2.4.The Chinese culture:the research participants’ cultural context
2.4.1.The traditional Chinese culture
2.4.2.The contemporary society in Mainland China
Chapter Three:METHODOLOGY
3.1.Operationalization
3.2.Empirical hypotheses
3.2.1.Hypothesis 1
3.2.2.Hypothesis 2
3.2.3.Hypothesis 3
3.3.Participants
3.4.Instruments
3.5.Procedure
Chapter Four:PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS
4.1.Preliminary analyses and their results regarding Hypotheses 1-3
4.2.Additional preliminary analyses and their results regarding Hypothesis 1
4.3.Main analyses and their results regarding Hypothesis 1
4.3.1.Using the original Self-Construal Scale
4.3.2.Using the Self-Construal Scale-Revised
4.4.Additional preliminary analyses and their results regarding Hypothesis 2
4.5.Main analyses and their results regarding Hypothesis 2
4.5.1.Using the original Self-Construal Scale
4.5.2.Using the Self-Construal Scale-Revised
4.6.Main analyses and their results regarding Hypothesis 3
Chapter Five:DISCUSSION
5.1.The influence of the ‘B-and-B Program’ on self-construal
5.2.The relationship between the self-construals and markers of personal maturity
5.3.The original and the revised Self-Construal Scale
5.4.General discussion
5.5.The limitations of the present research study
Chapter Six:CONCLUSION
6.1.Summary of the dissertation
6.2.Implications
6.3.Suggestions for further research
6.4.Afterword
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
声明