Is Being Gifted a Social Handicap?.

Coleman, Laurence J.; Cross, Tracy L.

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ERIC Number: EJ378897

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Is Being Gifted a Social Handicap?

Coleman, Laurence J.; Cross, Tracy L.

Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v11 n4 p41-56 Sum 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, Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Relationship, Perception, Popularity, Secondary Education, Social Adjustment, Social Influences, Social Life, Student Attitudes, Talent

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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