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Peer reviewedSwiatek, Mary Ann; Dorr, Rebekah M. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1998
An expansion of the Social Coping Questionnaire was used to investigate how 229 gifted students (ages 11-17) coped with being identified as gifted. Results found five social coping factors: denial of giftedness, emphasis on popularity, peer acceptance, social interaction, and the hiding of giftedness. Females were more likely to deny abilities.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Coping, Gifted, Interpersonal Competence
