Identity Exploration: A "Crisis" Which May Go Unnoticed in Gifted Adolescents.

Kidwell, Jeannie; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ497625

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Publication Date: 1995

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Identity Exploration: A "Crisis" Which May Go Unnoticed in Gifted Adolescents.

Kidwell, Jeannie; And Others

Gifted Child Today Magazine, v18 n1 p18-20,42 Jan-Feb 1995

Correlation of 82 academically gifted adolescents' personality scores with scores for identity exploration revealed that youth who were actively exploring (according to Erik Erikson's ego identity theory) exhibited the following psychological portrait: inner confusion, agitation, dissatisfaction, unhappiness, periodic spells of depression, vacillation between poor self-concept and grandiosity, and disturbed thinking. (JDD)

Descriptors: Academically Gifted, High Schools, Identification (Psychology), Individual Development, Personality Traits, Psychological Patterns, Self Concept, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Student Adjustment, Student Characteristics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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