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The psycho-social adjustment of gifted children in middle-childhood

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The psycho-social adjustment of 50 gifted (mean IQ=127) and 50 German ten-year-olds of average intelligence (mean IQ=106, matched individually on socio-economic status and gender) was compared. Data from different sources (children, parents, teachers) on social behaviour, (therapy-relevant) behaviour problems, and emotional stability revealed no significant differences between the two ability groups. Gifted elementary-school children are socially and emotionally at least as well adjusted as their non-gifted age-mates.

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Rost, D.H., Czeschlik, T. The psycho-social adjustment of gifted children in middle-childhood. Eur J Psychol Educ 9, 15–25 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03172882

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