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ERIC Number: EJ486412
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3532
Examining the "F" in Gifted: Academically Gifted Adolescents' Physiological and Affective Responses to Scholastic Failure.
Roberts, Shawn M.; Lovett, Suzanne B.
Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v17 n3 p241-59 Spr 1994
Comparison of 60 junior high school students (20 academically gifted, 20 academic achievers, and 20 "nongifted") found that the academically gifted students demonstrated more negative affective and physiological stress reactions to an experimentally induced failure condition. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Achievement Need, Affective Behavior, Emotional Response, Failure, High Achievement, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Psychological Patterns, Stress Variables, Student Reaction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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