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  • This study examined the relationship between IQ and adjustment to divorce to determine whether intellectually gifted children make more successful adjustments to divorce than children with average ability. This study compared the adjustment of (a) gifted children living in divorced homes and gifted children living in intact homes, and (b) children from divorced homes with average and gifted ability. Gender and age level adjustment comparisons for children in the gifted divorced and total divorced groups were also examined. The subjects, measurement instruments, and procedures for this study were drawn from information collected by the NASP-KSU Divorce Project at Time 1 and Time 2. One hundred forty-four subjects had IQ scores in the gifted range, i.e, 120 to 145, while 308 had IQ scores ranging between 90 and 109, the average ability range. The dependent measures of adjustment included scores and ratings for 4 academic achievement and 25 social-emotional measures at Time 1 and 11 academic achievement and 26 social-emotional measures at Time 2. ANOVAs that compared the adjustment of intact and divorced children within the gifted group revealed no significant differences for the academic variables and very few significant differences for the social-emotional variables. A similar analyses for the average ability group revealed a greater number of significant differences between the marital status groups. Significant differences between the marital status groups within each IQ group indicated that children from intact families were more academically and socially competent than children from divorced homes. The gifted divorced group had a higher level of academic achievement and was more socially competent than the average ability divorced group. Fewer significant differences in adjustment were found between boys and girls within the gifted divorced group than were found for the total divorced group. The grade level analyses yielded similar results. A stepwise multiple regression procedure indicated that IQ was the best predictor of the 29 criterion variables that were used to measure adjustment. The data from the multiple regression procedure and the ANOVAs suggested that giftedness may buffer the adverse effects of living in a divorced home. Implications of the results with respect to intervention services as well as limitations of the research design were discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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