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Coleman, Laurence J.; Cross, Tracy L. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1988
Interviews with 15 gifted/talented adolescents indicated that many of them experienced giftedness as a social handicap. Some students coped with this by managing information about themselves to minimize their visibility as gifted students to others. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Coping, Gifted
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Fisher, Sue – Journal of Adolescence, 1995
Gathered data on arcade use in adolescents (n=460). "Regular" arcade visitors varied sufficiently from the more "casual" visitors in their orientation to, and experience in, arcades. Regular visitors were more likely to score positively on indices screening for addiction. Raises questions about children's access to potentially…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Peer Groups