"Nature's child" and "the diplomat": A cross-case study of the emotional adjustment strategies of two gifted students. (September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Haberlin, Steve
• Other Names: Wallace Belle guest-editor.; Shaughnessy Michael F guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Gifted education international. Volume 34:Number 3(2018:Sep.)
• Page Start: 271
• Page End: 283
• Publication Date: 2018-09
• Subjects: Affective development -- case study -- emotional adjustment -- gifted education -- gifted students; Gifted children -- Education -- Periodicals; 371.9505
• DOI: 10.1177/0261429418761709
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0261-4294

Abstract

Scholars have expressed sustained interest in the social–emotional adjustment of gifted children, with conflicting views persisting: one that gifted students possess greater resiliency to environmental stress; the other that this population is more vulnerable. Capitalizing on the few case studies that examined adjustment among gifted students, the researcher conducted a cross-case study of two highly productive fourth-grade students at a K–12 public school. Data were collected throughout the course of a school year and included interviews with students and their parents. Findings included students' relying on strengths to cope with their surroundings and periodically isolating themselves.