“…Other studies have highlighted issues such as popularity, social influences, or school performance (e.g., Goulet, Cantin, Archambault, & Vitaro, 2015). For most of the 20th century, the primary foci were that gifted youth, especially younger children, experienced social isolation and felt less liked by others even if their peers regarded them as popular, unless they could find others such as themselves (Hollingworth, 1926; Schneider, Clegg, Byrne, Ledingham, & Crombie, 1989; Winner, 1996); they began at younger ages than other children to search for kindred spirits or friendships in which they can fully express their feelings and concerns (Gross, 2002, 2009); they appeared to have fewer and older friends defined more by mental than chronological age (Gross, 1993; Janos, Marwood, & Robinson, 1985); and they experienced less intimacy in friendships (Mayseless, 1993).…”