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We investigated whether gifted students’ academic perfectionism is associated with their intellectual abilities or learned behaviors as they aim for achievement. Comparing four groups classified by achievement and intellectual ability among 443 Korean students, we examined the differential relations between gifted students and academic perfectionism by identification methods of giftedness. Using multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and multiple indicators multiple causes analysis, we found that students identified by their high intellectual ability were neither positive nor negative perfectionists. For high-achieving students, appropriate uses of perfectionistic self-regulation in academic settings were beneficial for their achievement. However, those students had a higher risk of depression when they lost control over their academic plans and behaviors, overwhelmed by their perfectionistic beliefs and excessive self-evaluations. The findings can be applied to the guidance and counseling for gifted students and underachieving students. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

This research focused on emotional expression in children during lockdown due to the spread of COVID-19. A particular case is represented by gifted people, who often show a higher and more intense emotional arousal and sensitivity. We proposed a questionnaire built ad hoc and filled in by 126 mothers who answered referring to each of their children (N = 225), both gifted and typical development. First phase of analyses took account of a group of children who belong to family where there is at least one gifted child (N = 162) and a group of children with typical development (N = 63). Analyses did not reveal any significant differences between these two groups, both in the expression of emotions and states of mind. However, further analyses which compare gifted children (N = 100) to children with typical development (N = 125) without considering the belonging family, showed how gifted children seem to experience higher level of apathy ( p < .001) and impatience ( p = .016) if compared to normotipic peers. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract) Resumen en idioma originalLa ricerca si è focalizzata sulle manifestazioni emotive nei bambini durante il lockdown derivante dalla diffusione del COVID-19. Un caso particolare è rappresentato dalla popolazione di soggetti plusdotati, che presentano spesso un’elevata e più intensa sensibilità emotiva. È stato proposto un questionario costruito ad hoc compilato da 126 madri che hanno risposto riferendosi ad ognuno dei propri figli (N = 225), sia con plusdotazione sia con sviluppo tipico. La prima fase di analisi dei dati ha considerato un gruppo di bambini appartenenti a famiglie con almeno un figlio con plusdotazione (N = 162) e un gruppo di bambini con sviluppo tipico (N = 63). Dalle analisi non emergono differenze significative tra i due gruppi, sia rispetto alle emozioni, sia agli stati d’animo; tuttavia, ulteriori analisi che confrontano i bambini con plusdotazione (N = 100) con bambini con sviluppo tipico (N = 125) a prescindere dalla famiglia di appartenenza, mostrano come i primi sembrano sperimentare maggiori livelli di apatia (p < .001) e di insofferenza (p = .016) rispetto ai pari normotipici. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

The late James Flynn, to whom this Special Issue is dedicated, suggested that what will matter most to the future of the world is not levels of intelligence but rather how intelligence is deployed. In this article, I argue that we can distinguish between transactional and transformational deployments of intelligence. Loosely following Flynn, I suggest that we need to pay much more attention to the latter rather than the former. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

This article introduces the construct of personal talent curation. Personal talent curation is one’s assessment of one’s talents—of one’s strengths and weaknesses—but also the building of an adaptive match in life between those talents and both one’s career pursuits and one’s personal lifestyle. Sometimes, this match means pursuing a lifelong passion, but other times, it means giving up that passion or transforming it into a passion that works in the broader context of the life one seeks for oneself. For example, one may be an exceptionally talented musician, scientist, or artist, but the concomitants of a life building relentlessly on those talents—competition, professional jealousy, and continual critiques—just do not fit the kind of life one wishes to lead. In such cases, it may turn out that what in a profession or in society is viewed as a “failure” or a “derailment” may represent a personal adaptive success. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

Comments on an article by Scott J. Peters (see record 2022-20183-002). Peters has made excellent suggestions for how to increase diversity and equitable representation in identification of gifted children. His approach, however, is based on current models of what constitutes “giftedness.” This approach is incomplete and, taken on its own, perhaps suboptimal. I would suggest a complementary approach. We need to start taking seriously the need to identify and nurture the fully transformationally gifted. Nurturing them means presenting gifted children not just with academic problems that have little relevance to the life problems they will need to solve later, but also presenting them with problems that are ecologically valid, such as problems of how to deal with the challenges the world is facing today. It’s nice to excel transactionally; it’s better to excel by making a positive, meaningful, and potentially enduring difference to the world—to make the world a better place. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Comments on an article by Scott J. Peters (see record 2022-20183-002). Peters’ correctly argues that while racism negatively affects students of color, psychometric bias is not the primary cause for racial disparities in gifted identification. However, the conclusion that “the existence of disproportionality does not make gifted services inherently racist,” does not follow. Any system that predictably results in racial disparity is contributing to systemic racism even without test bias. Given the history of racism in gifted education, radical change is needed. Hoping small shifts in identification strategy will lead to any meaningful real change is wishful thinking that is not supported by past efforts. Racism has proven to be so pernicious because it is able to continue despite the good intentions of kind people. The question cannot be, how do we mitigate bias in identification. The burden of proof is on advocates of gifted education to demonstrate how identification supports racial equity. In absence of this demonstration, we need to let go of identification. Instead, gifted education can embrace strategies that address the problems gifted students face, such as appropriate challenge, but address those problems in ways that truly prioritizes centering racial equity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Spirituality is an important domain in the holistic education of gifted students. The definition of transformational giftedness makes it possible to emphasize spiritual domain in student development. Spirituality provides possibilities to reflect on the values and meanings of life that could provide purpose for gifted students in their studies and for their future lives. The concepts of religion and spirituality are defined, and their different roles clarified in the context of education. Spiritual sensitivity is introduced as a human capacity that can be measured scientifically with the spiritual sensitivity questionnaire instrument. Research findings among young generation and gifted students indicate that mystery-sensing, contemplation, and search for meaning in life are important aspects in spirituality of our generation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

This study described exceptional items in human figure drawings (HFDs) which have been discussed as possible expressions of intellectual giftedness. The aim was to serve as a first step in the development of a screener for HFDs that can be used as part of the identification process of gifted children. We examined the frequency of occurrence of 158 items in HFDs of 206 children aged 4 to 6 years (17 potentially gifted). Fine details and additions to the human figure turned out to be exceptional, especially in drawings of 4-year-olds. Several exceptional items were drawn more frequently or exclusively by potentially gifted children. Descriptively, exceptionality in drawings of potentially gifted children was most visible in HFDs of 4-year-olds, and tended to become less visible with age. Further research with larger samples is required to draw solid conclusions about HFDs of gifted children. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

Theoretical and practical work in gifted education has been dominated by mechanistic precision in measurements designed to select students for gifted programs and guide them through their development. Too much faith in mechanistic precision can become a form of dogmatism that obscures very important, less-measurable dimensions of human ability. This interdisciplinary analysis explores this form of dogmatism while illustrating some ways in which it misaligns gifted education with turbulent, complex 21 st-century trends and issues. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

As societies move toward a deeper engagement with humanitarianism and egalitarianism, education systems have increasingly embodied a commitment to principles of inclusion. The field of gifted and talented education (GATE) has reflected these changes in recent discussions around equity, diversity, and inclusive practices. This article aims to re-examine the practices of gifted education and rethink the possibility of generating an egalitarianism-based, GATE-derived inclusive education discourse that can serve as a parallel to the predominant humanitarianism-drive inclusive education movement. Within a discourse of self-actualization, we propose framing “gifted” as a process-based, rather than person-based, construct that applies to all students as they are enabled to transact their gifts and talents through engaging in a “gift-ed” process through honing self-knowledge and learning gifted behaviors. We advocate the use of person-first language, (i.e., students with advanced learning needs/advanced and special learning needs (ALN/ASLN)) that will encourage specific interventions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

Gifts can be individually, dyadically, or collectively chosen and oriented. Society, in its identification of the gifted, has chosen to focus on individual and sometimes dyadic goods. This practice represents a culture of individualism, but it has become solipsistic. We argue that identification instead should focus on those most likely to help to achieve a collective common good—who will bestow on others, gifts that are broadly beneficial especially to those most in need of help. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

The purpose of this study was to explore the primary school teachers’ experiences about teaching gifted students and students with disabilities in the resource room. Thirteen teachers who work with students with disabilities and 11 teachers who work with gifted students participated in this qualitative study. The data were collected using structured interviews and semi-structured focus group interviews and analysed using content analysis. The findings indicated that the advantages and disadvantages of the resource room programmes differed for both groups of students. The teachers of both groups also expressed different advantages and disadvantages of working in the resource rooms for themselves. Some of the problems of the resource room programme were insufficient materials, inadequate facility, and unqualified personnel. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

Although it has been hypothesized that gifted students are at risk for adopting a fixed mind-set, research revealed inconsistent results. We aimed to clarify this by differentiating between two operationalizations of giftedness (high cognitive ability and formal identification as gifted) and how these relate to students’ beliefs about intelligence and effort. Also, we examined the role of parental antecedents on students’ beliefs. Participants were 3,329 seventh-grade students and their parents. Only being labeled as gifted was related to adopting a fixed mind-set. Regarding parental antecedents, parents’ intelligence and effort beliefs were related to students’ corresponding beliefs. Furthermore, parental feedback was associated with students’ beliefs, which was most pronounced when student-reports of feedback were used. In particular, person-oriented feedback related positively to a fixed mind-set and negatively to students’ appreciation of the role of effort in academic performance, while process-oriented feedback showed the opposite pattern. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

In a recent position statement, the National Association of Gifted Children argued the importance of providing equitable treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and other sexual and gender minority individuals (LGBTQ +) gifted youth to help them maximize their potential. However, there are very few empirical studies focusing on the intersection of giftedness and gender identities. Little is known regarding these students’ experience at, and outside of, school. Focusing on the individual process of gender identity development and self-acceptance, we interviewed nine LGBTQ + postsecondary students in North America (aged between 19 and 29 years) who are graduates of an academically focused high school in Turkey. In particular, we studied their ways of thinking, stress coping strategies, and environmental factors that may have enabled their self-acceptance of LGBTQ + identities. Findings of the study show that the mental health of LGBTQ + is a function of individual factors (e.g., coping strategies), structural factors (e.g., a homophobic sociocultural environment), and the context. The findings also indicate the benefits of complexity and reflectiveness in thinking, metacognition and the ability to separate identity labels from identities, enabled by high school peer support, liberal curriculum and classroom discussions, and access to information during adolescence. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

The present study reports the construction process of a screening-type scale for evidence indicating academic giftedness (Scale for Nominating Intellectual Giftedness: teacher version [ENDI-p]), as well as presenting evidence of content validity. The construction of the items was based on the ten broad domains of the theoretical model of intelligence known as Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC): fluid intelligence, quantitative knowledge, short- term memory, long-term memory storage and retrieval, visual processing, auditory processing, processing and execution speed, reaction, and decision speed, reading and writing; initially containing 80 items. Such items were evaluated by five reviewers. The results showed that 21 items (26.2 %) were excluded once they did not reach an agreement value equal to or greater than 80 %. The kappa coefficient between judges was adequate. Version 2 of the scale is ready to be used in future studies which aim at investigating its psychometric qualities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract) Resumen en idioma originalO presente estudo relata o processo de construção de uma escala do tipo rastreio para sinais indicativos de dotação acadêmica (Escala para Nomeação de Dotação Intelectual: versão professor [ENDI-p]), bem como apresentar evidências de validade de conteúdo. A construção dos itens foi baseada nos dez domínios amplos do modelo teórico sobre inteligência conhecido como Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC): inteligência fluida, raciocínio matemático quantitativo, memória de curto prazo, armazenamento e recuperação em longo prazo, processamento visual, processamento auditivo, rapidez de processamento e execução, velocidade de reação e decisão, leitura e escrita; contendo, inicialmente, 80 itens. Tais itens foram avaliados por cinco juízes. Os resultados demonstraram que 21 itens (26,2 %) foram excluídos por não alcançarem valor de concordância igual ou maior do que 80 %. O coeficiente kappa entre os juízes foi adequado. A versão 2 da escala está pronta para ser utilizada em estudos futuros voltados à investigação das suas qualidades psicométricas. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract) Resumen en idioma originalEl presente estudio reporta el proceso de construcción de una escala tipo cribado para signos indicativos de dotación académica (Escala para Nomeação de Dotação Intelectual: versão professor [ENDI-p]), además de presentar evidencia de validez de contenido. La construcción de los ítems se basó en los diez amplios dominios del modelo teórico sobre inteligencia, conocido como Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC): inteligencia fluida, razonamiento matemático cuantitativo, memoria a corto plazo, almacenamiento y recuperación a largo plazo, procesamiento visual, procesamiento auditivo, velocidad de procesamiento y ejecución, velocidad de reacción y decisión, lectura y escritura; inicialmente con 80 ítems. Estos elementos fueron evaluados por cinco jueces. Los resultados mostraron que se excluyeron 21 ítems (26.2 %) por no alcanzar un valor de concordancia igual o superior al 80 %. El coeficiente kappa entre jueces fue adecuado. La versión 2 de la escala está lista para ser utilizada en futuros estudios destinados a investigar sus cualidades psicométricas. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

This study explored the relationships among giftedness, adjustment problems, and psychological distress in a sample of 215 Chinese junior secondary school students (aged 12-15 yrs) in Hong Kong. These students, nominated by their schools to join the university gifted programs, were assessed on their giftedness as reflected in scores of nonverbal reasoning and divergent thinking, on their adjustment problems in 6 areas, and on their psychological distress in terms of 5 specific symptom areas. The findings indicated that divergent thinking, unlike nonverbal reasoning, had a notable influence on specific psychological symptoms. Students' concerns with interpersonal relationships, as well as the recognition of their abilities, and their concerns for being different emerged as the 2 most important adjustment problems predicting specific psychological symptoms. The implications of the findings for preventive interventions to help gifted students in the promotion of their psychological well-being are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Research has indicated that gifted adolescents use a variety of measurable social coping strategies to mitigate perceived negative social effects of being identified as gifted in school. The precocious development of gifted children suggests that similar strategies also might be used by gifted elementary school students. Two studies of gifted 3rd through 7th graders who enrolled in a summer academic program explored the possibility that social coping strategies can be adequately measured among gifted elementary students. Study 1 provided a good replication of results from studies of gifted adolescents, and Study 2 replicated Study 1. Six social coping strategies, very similar to those identified in studies of gifted adolescents, were identified: denying giftedness, minimizing focus on popularity, social interaction, humor, conformity, and denying an impact of giftedness on peer acceptance. The last two scales were unreliable with young students, however. No consistent gender differences in social coping were found, but comparisons by grade level indicated that older students are more focused on popularity than are younger students. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

This study sought to assess the viability of the use of a self-report checklist identifying different aspects of giftedness in a sample of 192 Chinese secondary students (aged 12–18 yrs old) from a multiple intelligences perspective. For comparison, IQ, creativity, and leadership characteristics of these students were also assessed using conventional standardized measures. Data on academic achievement in Chinese language, English language, and mathematics were obtained from school records. While students perceived the 7 intelligences as relatively distinct abilities, these self-estimates of the 7 intelligences did not generally predict the conventional measures, suggesting that the 7 intelligences and the conventional measures provided independent and possibly complementary information on aspects of giftedness. The implications of the development of a profile of strengths and weaknesses of students from a multiple intelligences perspective for subsequent identification and programming are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Replies to the comments of J. H. Borland (see record 1999-10122-002), D. K. Detterman and J. Ruthsatz (see record 1999-10122-003), D. H. Feldman (see record 1999-10122-004), E. A. Hany (see record 1999-10122-005), and N. M. Robinson (see record 1999-10122-006) on the original article by F. Gagné (see record 1999-10122-001) concerning his structured statements about the nature of human abilities, talents, and gifts. Gagné defends the worthiness of his quest to achieve some consensus among professionals in the field of gifted education over the definition of the core concepts of giftedness and talent and also, the validity and usefulness of his distinction between high natural abilities (gifts) and high systematically developed ones (talents) in comparison to alternative proposals. He finally reiterates, in the light of the criticisms received, the basic arguments supporting his conviction that his own differentiation between giftedness and talent is the most appropriate and defensible solution to gifted education's terminological conundrum. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

In a survey conducted in 50 kindergartens or nursery schools in Nigeria, 380 teachers returned batches of eight variously completed checklists, inventories and rating scales through which a total of 615 preschoolers were adjudged to possess significant traits of giftedness as prescribed by all the instruments. To determine the effectiveness of the instruments for nominating potentially gifted kindergartners, data were collated for each instrument in terms of the number (n) and percentage of children found eligible in the pool of all nominated kindergartners (N) through all instruments. Results generally indicated that some of the instruments developed in the United States were more effective than those developed in Nigeria for nominating preschool children who significantly evidence traits of giftedness. Checklists and inventories were also found to rank better than rating scales in the nomination exercise. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)