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Peer reviewedSchuler, Patricia A. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 2000
A study involving 112 gifted seventh- and eight- graders found 87.5 percent were perfectionists. Most (58 percent) were in the healthy range of perfectionism, while 29.5 percent were in the neurotic range. Neurotic perfectionists were limited by their fixation on making mistakes, which resulted in a constant state of anxiety. (Contains…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement Need, Adolescents, Anxiety
