A Mixed-Methods Comparison of Vocational and Identified-Gifted High School Students on the Overexcitability Questionnaire

Abstract

Two groups of adolescents (N = 114), 61 identified-gifted adolescents (M = 22, F = 39) and 51 vocational school adolescents (M = 27, F = 26), were compared on the Overexcitability Questionnaire. Each of the five Overexcitability (OE) scores-Psychomotor, Sensual, Imaginational, Intellectual, and Emotional-was subjected to a two-way ANOVA by classification and gender. Any statistically significant interaction effect was further analyzed by testing the group means with six two-group comparison tests. The analyses produced the following results: (a) Differences among the Psychomotor, Sensual, and Emotional OE means were not statistically significant, and (b) the Imaginational and Intellectual OE means of the gifted male students were significantly higher than the means of the vocational female students, vocational male students, and gifted female students. The effect sizes were classified as large. A qualitative textual analysis was also conducted. The results were compared with another study of the same gifted population that used the Overexcitability Questionnaire-II.

‘Old wine in new bottles’? Relationships between overexcitabilities, the Big Five personality traits and giftedness in adolescents

“…The intellectually gifted scored higher on T-OE, E-OE, and M-OE (Piechowski & Colangelo, 1984); T-OE, E-OE, and P-OE (Ackerman, 1997); T-OE and E-OE (Bouchet & Falk, 2001); M-OE and T-OE (Piirto & Fraas, 2012;Yakmaci-Guzel & Akarsu, 2006); S-OE, T-OE, and M-OE (Brundzaite & Gintiliene, 2013;Limont, 2012).…”

Invariância Fatorial e Normatização das Escalas de Sobre-Excitabilidade

“…A construção e a utilização de instrumentos de SE têm sido alvo de investigações em diferentes países (Al-Onizat, 2013;Almutairi, 2010;Botellaab, Fürstac, Myszkowskiad, Stormead, Costa, & Luminetb, 2015;Rost, Wirthwein, & RSteinmayr, 2014;Siu, 2010;Van den Broeck, Hofmans, Cooremans, & Staels, 2014), sendo que as pesquisas sobre D&T (Chang & Kuo, 2009;Piirto & Fraas, 2012;Tieso, 2007a;) e a associação entre os cinco padrões e o sexo dos respondentes se destacam. No último caso, tem sido observado que pessoas do sexo feminino tendem a exibir médias significativamente mais altas nos padrões Emocional e Sensorial (Al-Onizat, 2013;De Bondt & Petegem, 2015;He & Wong, 2014;Miller, Falk, & Huang, 2009;Siu, 2010;Thomson & Jaque, 2016;Tieso, 2007aTieso, , 2007bTreat, 2006;Van den Broeck et al, 2014;, enquanto o sexo masculino tende a apresentar escores médios mais altos nos padrões Psicomotor e Intelectual (De Bondt & Petegem, 2015;Rinn, Mendaglio, Rudasill, & McQueen, 2010;Tieso, 2007b;Van den Broeck et al, 2014).…”

“…Algumas investigações demonstram que não há diferenças entre os sexos quanto a esse padrão de SE (He & Wong, 2014;Tieso, 2007aTieso, , 2007b; Van den Broeck et al, 2014). Outras pesquisas, no entanto, evidenciam maiores escores na SE Imaginativa em homens (Piirto & Fraas, 2012;Treat, 2006) ou mulheres (Gross, Rinn, & Jamieson, 2007).…”

Pengaruh Kecerdasan dan Kreativitas Terhadap Overexcitability

“…Istilah lain yang digunakan untuk merujuk pada sensitivitas dan intensitas yang tinggi adalah overexcitability (Piirto & Fraas, 2012). Istilah overexcitability berawal dari Teori Disintegrasi Positif (Theory of Positive Disintegration) dari Dabrowski.…”