TY - JOUR
T1 - Do academically gifted and nongifted students differ on the Big-Five and adaptive status? Some recent data and conclusions
AU - Zeidner, Moshe
AU - Shani-Zinovich, Inbal
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - This study examined a representative sample of academically gifted (N=374) and non-gifted (N= 428) Israeli high-school students in order to compare these different student populations on the Big-Five and adaptive outcomes. Consistent with prior research, gifted students scored higher than non-gifted peers on Openness to Experience but scored lower on Neuroticism. In addition, gifted students scored lower on state anxiety facets and were not reliably different from their nongifted counterparts on mental distress or subjective well being. Overall, the empirical data are consistent with recent research suggesting that when gifted students are compared with nongifted students on various socio-emotional and personality characteristics, the results are not unfavorable to gifted students.
AB - This study examined a representative sample of academically gifted (N=374) and non-gifted (N= 428) Israeli high-school students in order to compare these different student populations on the Big-Five and adaptive outcomes. Consistent with prior research, gifted students scored higher than non-gifted peers on Openness to Experience but scored lower on Neuroticism. In addition, gifted students scored lower on state anxiety facets and were not reliably different from their nongifted counterparts on mental distress or subjective well being. Overall, the empirical data are consistent with recent research suggesting that when gifted students are compared with nongifted students on various socio-emotional and personality characteristics, the results are not unfavorable to gifted students.
KW - Anxiety
KW - Big-Five
KW - Giftedness
KW - Mental health
KW - Personality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79960406943&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2011.05.007
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2011.05.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79960406943
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 51
SP - 566
EP - 570
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
IS - 5
ER -