Factors related to resilience of academically gifted students in the chinese cultural and educational environment

Abstract

This study examined variables in three domains (personal, parent support, and peer support) for their relationships with the resilience of academically gifted students in the Chinese cultural and educational environment. The participants were 484 academically gifted students in two highly competitive secondary schools (so‐called “key” schools) in a metropolitan city in southern China. The constructs measured in the personal domain were resilience, hope, creativity, and curiosity. The constructs measured in the domain of parent support were parent trust, parent communication, and parent alienation. The constructs measured in the peer support domain were peer trust, peer communication, and peer alienation. Three nested regression models showed that the personal constructs (hope, creativity, and curiosity) were all related to the resilience of the academically gifted students. Parent support variables did not exhibit predictive effects over and above that of the personal constructs, but peer support variables did show additional predictive effects over and beyond personal variables and parent support variables. Explanations and implications were discussed for the findings, and some limitations of the study were also discussed.

Mindfulness, Life Skills, Resilience, and Emotional and Behavioral Problems for Gifted Low-Income Adolescents in China

“…Childhood EBPs are also associated with negative mental states such as anxiety, academic under-achievement, delinquency, and depression (Broidy et al, 2003;Bahmani et al, 2016). This link between lowincome students and the proclivity for academic under-achievement and the associated EBPs can be particularly devastating for an adolescent in the Chinese school system (Lu et al, 2018;Chen et al, 2018). In China, those who come from lower socioeconomic status families often find that education is their primary way to improve their lives and obtain a well-paying job in the competitive Chinese labor market (Ye, 2015;Chen et al, 2018).…”

“…The gifted-student population, although faced with a unique set of emotional challenges, are at similar risk to the broader adolescent cohort of experiencing negative outcomes as a result of EBPs (Chen et al, 2018). Despite the strong potential for EBPs to compromise a healthy developmental course, further research has shown that adult outcomes for youth strongly exhibiting these risk factors are widely varied (Sroufe et al, 2005;Masten, 2018).…”

“…Despite the strong potential for EBPs to compromise a healthy developmental course, further research has shown that adult outcomes for youth strongly exhibiting these risk factors are widely varied (Sroufe et al, 2005;Masten, 2018). A factor that appears to mitigate the downside risk of problem behaviors in gifted youth as they develop into adults is their individual capacity for resilience (Chen et al, 2018).…”

Predictors of Mainland Chinese students’ well‐being

“…() of 788 secondary students, who had experienced earthquakes in the Chinese provinces of Wenchuan and Maoxian, showed that Resilience was negatively and significantly associated with individual Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder and Depressive Symptoms. Recently, in a study of 484 academically gifted students in southern China, Chen, Cheung, Fan, and Wu () found that hope, creativity, and curiosity are related to students’ resilience, thus providing useful targets for resilience promotion programs. The picture that emerges from our study and the related studies referred to above is that implementing school‐based programs that aim to build students’ resilience is potentially a fruitful area for promoting well‐being and mental health.…”

Hubungan antara Kemahiran Membuat Keputusan dan Daya Tahan dalam kalangan Pelajar Pintar Berbakat

“…Menurut Fredrickson (2004), daya tahan adalah satu keupayaan bagi seseorang individu untuk bangkit daripada kesedihan atau kesukaran. Malahan, individu tersebut juga akan pulih dengan melantun kembali segala kesukaran yang dihadapi dan mampu untuk terus berkembang maju (Chen et al 2017).…”