Research With Gifted Adults: What International Experts Think Needs to Happen to Move the Field Forward. Issue 2 (2nd April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brown, Maggie; Peterson, Elizabeth R.; Rawlinson, Catherine
• Is Part Of: Roeper review. Volume 42:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 95
• Page End: 108
• Publication Date: 2020-04-02
• Subjects: adult giftedness -- Delphi study -- gifted adult -- gifted and talented adults -- qualitative methodologies -- thematic analysis; Gifted children -- Education -- Periodicals; 371.9505
• DOI: 10.1080/02783193.2020.1728797
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0278-3193

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Interest in understanding gifted adults is growing amongst health professionals, researchers, educators, and gifted adults themselves. This study brings together international experts studying and working with gifted adults to find out what they think about the state of research in the area, and what is needed to move the field forward. Three rounds of a Delphi study involving 76 experts from 14 countries identified nine themes related to obstacles, priorities and actions, and six key recommendations. General agreement was found on the need for cross-disciplinary research and a multicultural approach. A range of views was expressed about how to move forward with different and potentially conflicting conceptual definitions. The multidisciplinary panel broadly supported six recommendations, with important differences of opinion in relation to methodological preferences and conceptual definitions. Implications for further work are discussed.