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A Cross-Cultural Study of the Social Experience of Giftedness
Cross, Jennifer Riedl Vaughn, Colin T. Mammadov, Sakhavat Cross, Tracy L. Kim, Mihyeon O’Reilly, Colm Spielhagen, Frances Da Costa, Maria Pereira Hymer, Barry
Cross, Jennifer Riedl
Vaughn, Colin T.
Mammadov, Sakhavat
Cross, Tracy L.
Kim, Mihyeon
O’Reilly, Colm
Spielhagen, Frances
Da Costa, Maria Pereira
Hymer, Barry
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 Goffman’s (1963) stigma theory.
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2019-10-25
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