The Gifted Child Grows Up.

Willings, David

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ERIC Number: ED252038

Record Type: RIE

Publication Date: 1983-Oct

Pages: 22

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The Gifted Child Grows Up.

Willings, David

A follow-up study of 15 gifted individuals in England and Canada over a period of 10 years following their college graduation explored the following areas: family background; preceptions of school and college experiences; career choices; persistence of creative activities in adulthood; religious and political affiliations; personal relationships; and psychological and emotional adjustment. It is suggested that the emotional problems and emotional needs of gifted children may persist in adulthood and merit further study. (JW)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Creative Activities, Emotional Adjustment, Family Environment, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries, Gifted, Individual Characteristics, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Adjustment, Young Adults

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Presidential Address to the Atlantic Association for Gifted Children and Adults (October, 1983).