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Peer reviewedAblard, Karen E. – Roeper Review, 1997
A study of 174 academically talented eighth-grade students found they had significantly higher academic self-concepts than their peers but similar social self-concepts. Results found that talented females had stronger needs for achievement, dominance, and endurance than typical females, and high verbal students had less interest in relationships…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, Grade 8, Interpersonal Competence
