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In this study, examining the relationships among age, culture, training in the fine arts, the technical and aesthetic properties of drawings, and realized artistic giftedness, the researchers intermixed the juvenile drawings executed by critically acclaimed artists with artworks executed by contemporary North American and Chinese North American children. When judges from the North American culture and from the Chinese North American culture, blind to this mix, assessed the drawings, assessments made by the representatives of both cultures were more alike than they were different. Only the North American judges' assessments, however, suggest that the art students' life drawings were more technically and aesthetically successful, and more creative, on the average, than the non-art students' drawings. These judges also gave the juvenilia the highest scores in technical skill and the lowest scores in creativity independent of technical skill and aesthetic success. Conclusions and implications stress the role of technical skill in the development of artistic potential. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Although many ways of doing research exist in education, much of the research conducted has focused on identifying or defining strategies to fit learners to existing theories of education and schooling. This article examines historical styles of research conducted around the construct of gifted underachievement. It then explores possibilities of implementing alternative approaches and theoretical arguments in practical applications in this area. Goals include providing an overview of research focused on gifted underachievement, examining research positions (paradigms) that more vividly represent complexity inherent in educating gifted individuals, and providing precepts that guide practitioners and scholars to alternative views of the research process and use of research outcomes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III) and the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (SB-IV), were administered to 20 gifted children and 20 nongifted children (all students aged 6.0-13.9 yrs) to examine the extent of the difference in IQ scores obtained on the 2 tests and whether order effects were present. Results show that the SB-IV Composite Score was significantly higher than the WISC-III Full Scale IQ for both groups. However, for the gifted group, unlike the non-gifted group, this difference achieved significance only when the SB-IV was administered first. When either IQ test was administered to the gifted students for the first time, without the confound of a learning influence, there was no significant difference in mean scores. However, when both tests were administered, it was found that the SB-IV influenced the WISC-III Full Scale IQ in a downward direction whereas the WISC-III influenced the SB-IV Composite Score in an upward direction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Investigated the effectiveness of a new self-contained classroom with curriculum differentiated for highly intellectually gifted students. The cross-grade magnet class was investigated throughout its first year of operation in a midwest school district. Ss in the qualitative case study were 24 4th and 5th graders graders with IQs on the Slosson Intelligence Test Revised ranging from 148-193. Outcome areas assessed were educational, emotional, social, life outside school, and transition issues. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected using observations, interviews, comparison essays, and a goal-attainment scale. The results suggest that the self-contained classroom provided a challenging learning environment for highly intellectually gifted students, but that the responses of individual students to this more challenging environment varied considerably, creating different emotional and social outcomes for specific students at different times. It is concluded that the results support use of systems-ecological theory as a theoretical framework for investigations of educational intervention for talented youth. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Introduces the articles in this special issue of Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines on Giftedness and Critical Thinking. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

N. Geschwind and A. M. Galaburda (1985) hypothesized that testosterone influences foetal brain development leading to special intellectual skills. Testosterone may, according to the proposed theory, also affect the development of the motor and immune system. In the present paper salivary testosterone levels were related to intellectual giftedness in both sexes separately. Handedness and allergy occurrence were studied in 235 intellectually gifted school-age children (age 7-14 yrs) and compared with those of 144 of their peers from the general population. Gifted children were found to be less right-handed than non-gifted controls. Gifted boys had a higher occurrence of allergy and lower levels of salivary testosterone in comparison with non-gifted boys. Gifted girls had higher levels of salivary testosterone than non-gifted girls. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

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 article offers a set of recommended best practices in the identification of students who are gifted and talented. The article recommends that school psychologists gain familiarity with gifted children and their families, recognize the multiple manifestations of giftedness and the developmental nature of talent development, link identification to intervention, employ multiple assessment measures, include the assessment of motivation, consider social and emotional needs, and monitor the recommended interventions. The article also reviews recurring issues that adversely impact upon the provision of gifted services in the public schools. These issues include society not viewing the gifted as a high-priority special needs group, definitions of giftedness that vary across states, differing expert opinions on what giftedness represents, uncertainty about prevalence rates, under-representation of certain groups of gifted students, the role of creativity, and whether gifted education should be a part of special education. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

This study explored the relationships among IQ, perceptions of giftedness, and self-concepts in a sample of 116 Chinese junior secondary school students (aged 12-16 yrs) in Hong Kong. These students, nominated by their schools to join the university gifted programs, were assessed on their IQ, global and domain-specific self-concepts, as well as their perceptions of their own giftedness in terms of their concern for feeling different, their critical attitude in evaluating their own performance, and their experience of high expectation to achieve from their parents. The findings indicated that in general the ways students perceived their giftedness affected differentially global self-worth and specific self-concept domains. While difference concern and critical evaluation affected students' specific self-concepts adversely, high parental expectation had a more positive influence. Self-concept domains related to social acceptance and friendship issues were most strongly and adversely affected. Implications of the findings for interventions to enhance the self-esteem of gifted students through restructuring their perceptions of giftedness are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

This article describes a continuum of definitions of giftedness from conservative to liberal, and how these definitions relate to the development of the 3-ring conception of giftedness. In this definition, above-average ability, task commitment, and creativity are seen as 3 interactive clusters of traits that gifted students may exhibit or are capable of developing. The 3-ring conception of giftedness provides an operational definition that can be used by schools as the basis for identification that, in turn, leads to more targeted programming options for gifted students. Recent research related to the 3-ring conception focuses on the infinite number of interactions that contribute to giftedness including personality and environmental factors that have an impact on one's ability to engage in creative and productive endeavors. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)

This study deals with the conception of giftedness in connection and relation to the intelligence and the intelligence quotient. In the first part the definition of intelligence, and its connection to the giftedness and creativity is examined. Models of giftedness are analyzed with emphasis on the role of intelligence in the different approaches. Afterwards the measure of mental abilities is discussed briefly, and the role of IQ in the identification of giftedness, and other possible methods are described. The study deals with some irregular and underachiever gifted groups, because the special cases may bring new aspects in the understanding of the exceptional mental achievements. Results of research studies prove that the giftedness is not simply the complex entirety of abilities, but specific group of behaviors. In the last part of the study as an illustration of the complex connections of the IQ and giftedness the abilities of gifted persons with specific learning difficulties and of prodigies, plus the savant syndrome are analyzed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)