Introduction

The Whole Person Development Inventory (WPDI) is the first psychological assessment tool developed to measure whole development of tertiary students in a Chinese context.

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Construct of WPDI

Domain	Factor
Intellectual	Intellectual Capacity
Physical	Health Maintenance Physical Fitness
Professional	Career Preparation Leadership
Psychological	Emotional Health Self Appreciation
Social	Civic Responsibility Community Care Cultural Engagement Family Relationship Peer Relationship
Spiritual	Art Appreciation Moral Commitment Spiritual Quest

Age range: 17 - 25

Administration time: 10 - 15 minutes

Number of items: 111

Number of WPD factors: 15

Language: Chinese, English

Format: Online eWPDI system for administration and reporting

Existing norm:

Hong Kong Norm: Gender specific college norm (N = 8327)

Northern Taiwan Norm: Gender specific college norm (N=1251)

Components of Capacity

In 2009, the Office of Student Affairs and professors from Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University, worked collaboratively to develop the “Whole Person Development Inventory” (WPDI) to measure the different aspects of whole person development of tertiary students in Hong Kong. The inventory takes into account of Hong Kong Chinese culture and relevance of globalization for whole person development, and was the first localized WPD assessment tool. Through scientific analysis and validation over years, this inventory was finalized in 2013.

The WPDI is a self-report instrument emphasizing on the measurement of “capacity”. Capacity refers to attitude, performance, and potential. “Attitude” indicates the degree of concern; “performance” and “potential” represent the level of practice and competence.

The WPDI has 111 items and the factor analysis yielded 15 factors that are grouped into six domains, i.e. intellectual, physical, professional, psychological, social and spiritual development. It is a norm-referenced inventory. Students are asked to use a 6-point Likert type scale to indicate the degree of agreement with each statement from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree.

“Whole Person Development” enhances the capacity to nourish “Graduate Attributes”

Whole Person Education, the mission of HKBU, provided ample opportunities for students to develop themselves as a whole person and to nourish their Graduate Attributes. WPDI is a useful assessment tool for assessing students’ community engagement and co-curricular or extra-curricular activities. If students can holistically enhance the different aspects of their “Whole Person Development”, they will have stronger capacities to equip themselves to become an individual with “Graduate Attributes”.