Although PGI has been found to relate negatively to distress and positively to well-being (Robitschek & Kashubeck, 1999;
Robitschek & Keyes, 2009), only limited research to date has related the four subscales of PGIS-II to well- and ill-being.
Yakunina, Weigold, and Weigold (2012) found that, although all four subscales were positively related to psychological
adjustment, especially planfulness was found to be a unique predictor of psychological adjustment. Consequently, we hypothesized that especially planfulness would be a unique predictor of psychological adjustment