A cross-cultural study of the social experience of giftedness

Cross, Jennifer Riedl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7133-8792 , Vaughn, Colin, Mammadov, Sakhavat, Cross, Tracy, Kim, Mihyeon, O’Reilly, Colm, Spielhagen, Frances, Pereira Da Costa, Maria and Hymer, Barry (2019) A cross-cultural study of the social experience of giftedness. Roeper Review, 41 (4). pp. 224-242.

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Abstract

The phenomenon of social coping among students with gifts and talents (SWGT) is not well understood. In interviews with elementary-, middle-, and high-school aged SWGT (N = 90; 50% female) from the United States, United Kingdom, South Korea, Ireland, and France, the universality of awareness of visibility of their exceptional abilities, high expectations and pressure to achieve from adults and peers, and peer jealousy and rejection, was confirmed. In all countries, SWGT were concerned about peers’ upward social comparison and the effects of their outperformance on peers’ feelings. SWGT attempted to hide their abilities or conform to peers’ behaviors. Prosocial helping behaviors were found among SWGT in nearly all age groups and a focus on the self was a useful coping strategy to students in all countries except France. Parallels are drawn between these findings and stigma theory.

Item Type:	Article
Journal / Publication Title:	Roeper Review
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis Group
ISSN:	1940-865X
Departments:	Institute of Education > Non-Initial Teacher Education
Additional Information:	Barry Hymer, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Psychology in Education at the University of Cumbria, UK.
Depositing User:	Anna Lupton
Date Deposited:	05 Dec 2024 09:40
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2024 09:45
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/8530

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