Examining the

Roberts, Shawn M.; Lovett, Suzanne B.

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ERIC Number: EJ486412

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3532

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Examining the "F" in Gifted: Academically Gifted Adolescents' Physiological and Affective Responses to Scholastic Failure.

Roberts, Shawn M.; Lovett, Suzanne B.

Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v17 n3 p241-59 Spr 1994

Comparison of 60 junior high school students (20 academically gifted, 20 academic achievers, and 20 "nongifted") found that the academically gifted students demonstrated more negative affective and physiological stress reactions to an experimentally induced failure condition. (DB)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Achievement Need, Affective Behavior, Emotional Response, Failure, High Achievement, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Psychological Patterns, Stress Variables, Student Reaction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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