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Peer reviewedColeman, Mary Ruth – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1996
This article identifies typical problems that gifted students face in social and emotional adjustment, including anxiety caused by advanced knowledge or understanding; heightened sensitivity to feelings of others; perfectionist tendencies; and feelings of being alone, isolated, and different. Resources to help students, parents, and teachers are…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Counseling, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Problems
Peer reviewedFord, Mary Ann – Roeper Review, 1989
Interview responses of fifth- and sixth-grade gifted and talented children in resource programs revealed attitudes about their own abilities, competition, their school programs, expectations of others, and participation in special programs. A variety of social and emotional needs clearly emerged. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competition, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Education
