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Peer reviewedCornell, Dewey G. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1989
The study of 482 parents of children in a program for the gifted found that although 90 percent of the parents thought of their children as gifted, approximately 25-30 percent refrained from using the term. Children whose parents used the term were consistently less well adjusted on both self-report and peer-report measures. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Gifted, Labeling (of Persons)
Peer reviewedCornell, Dewey G.; Grossberg, Ingrid N. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1986
Using data from personality adjustment questionnaires, 15 regular class children were compared to their gifted program siblings and to a group placed in gifted programs along with their siblings. Results suggested that the subgroup perceived by parents as less gifted than their siblings may be more prone to personality adjustment problems.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Family Attitudes
Peer reviewedCornell, Dewey G.; And Others – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1994
Gifted (n=675) and regular education (n=322) students in grades two and three were compared for incidence of behavior problems as rated by parents and teachers. After controlling for grade and minority status, no significant differences were found between groups in incidence or type of behavior problems. Agreement between parent and teacher…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Elementary School Students, Emotional Adjustment
Peer reviewedCornell, Dewey G.; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1991
This article replies to comments made in EC 601 043 concerning the authors' research on predictive measurement of socioemotional adjustment of adolescent girls enrolled in an early college entrance/acceleration program. The article notes that research on early college entrance has emphasized academic adjustment over socioemotional adjustment and…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Adolescents, College Admission, College Students
Download full textCornell, Dewey G.; And Others – 1989
The paper reports on a 1-year study of 44 gifted adolescent females who chose to complete high school and college in 5 years. The students in the special residential program at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia received personality and family adjustment measures at the beginning of the year. Results were compared to the students' later…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), College Students, Dropout Research
Peer reviewedCornell, Dewey G.; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1991
This study evaluated whether personality and family characteristics could predict socioemotional adjustment of 44 adolescent girls enrolled in a residential early college entrance/acceleration program. Results indicated predictive relationships between staff, student, and peer assessments (such as Jackson Personality Inventory and the…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Adolescents, College Admission, College Students
