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A Cross-Cultural Study Of The Social Experience Of Giftedness, Jennifer Riedl Cross, Colin T. Vaughn, Sakhavat Mammadov, Tracy L. Cross, Mihyeon Kim, Colm O’Reilly, Frances Spielhagen, Maria Pereira Da Costa, Barry Hymer
A Cross-Cultural Study Of The Social Experience Of Giftedness, Jennifer Riedl Cross, Colin T. Vaughn, Sakhavat Mammadov, Tracy L. Cross, Mihyeon Kim, Colm O’Reilly, Frances Spielhagen, Maria Pereira Da Costa, Barry Hymer
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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 …