The social competence of gifted children: Experiments and experience

McCallister, Corliss Jean; Nash, William R.; Meckstroth, Elizabeth A.

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“…Não é surpresa, então, que muitos pesquisadores (Bain et al, 2006;Cross, Coleman, & Stewart, 1995;Galloway & Porath, 1997;Garland & Zigler, 1999;Norman, Ramsay, Roberts, & Martray, 2000;Swiatek, 1995) tentem compreender o ajustamento de crianças dotadas e talentosas pela medida de seu status sociométrico, habilidades de coping social, competência social e habilidades sociais. Pesquisas empíricas têm indicado que as crianças dotadas e talentosas constituem um grupo distinto quando se trata de competência social (Galloway & Porath, 1997;McCallister, Nash, & Meckstroth, 1996). Bain e Bell (2004) e França-Freitas, Del Prette e Del Prette (2014) destacam que características comuns em crianças populares, incluindo repertório elaborado de habilidades sociais, poucos problemas de comportamento, habilidades de liderança, acentuado sucesso acadêmico e autoestima elevada, são frequentemente notáveis em crianças dotadas e talentosas.…”

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Habilidades Sociais e Bem-Estar Subjetivo de Crianças Dotadas e Talentosas

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2017

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ResumoO desenvolvimento socioemocional de crianças dotadas e talentosas ainda é objeto de controvérsias na literatura especializada. Este estudo visou avaliar a relação entre habilidades sociais e bem-estar subjetivo de crianças dotadas e talentosas e identificar o poder preditivo da primeira variável sobre a segunda. Participaram 269 crianças, de ambos os sexos, identificadas como dotadas e talentosas, de oito a 12 anos, que responderam a instrumentos padronizados de medida das habilidades sociais e de bem-estar subjetivo. Os resultados mostraram que um repertório elaborado de habilidades sociais está associado à percepção de maior bem-estar subjetivo, podendo inclusive predizê-lo, ou seja, aumentando a probabilidade de relato de afetos positivos, autoconfiança, autoestima e bom-humor, entre outros aspectos. Palavras-chave: habilidades sociais, bem-estar subjetivo, dotação, talento Social Skills and Subject Well-Being of Gifted and Talented Children Abstract The socioemotional development of gifted and talented children has been an object of controversy in literature. We aimed (1) to assess the relationship between social skills and subjective well-being in gifted and talented children as well as (2) to identify the predictive power of the first variable on the second. The participants were 269 children identified as gifted and talented with a mean age of 11 years (SD=0.91). They answered to standardized instruments of social skills and subjective well-being. One found that an elaborate repertoire of social skills is associated with the perception of greater subjective well-being and may also predict this second variable. Therefore an elaborate repertoire of social skills may increase the likelihood of self reported positive affect, self-confidence, self-esteem and good mood, among other aspects. Keywords: social skills, subject well-being, giftedness, talent Habilidades Sociales y el Bienestar Subjetivo de Niños Dotados y TalentososResumen El desarrollo socioemocional de los niños dotados y talentosos sigue siendo objeto de controversia en la literatura especializada. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar la relación entre las habilidades sociales y el bienestar subjetivo de esos niños e identificar el poder predictivo de la primera variable sobre la segunda. Participaron 269 niños de ambos sexos identificados como dotados y talentosos con edades entre 8 y 12 años (DT=0,91). Los niños respondieron instrumentos de medición estandarizados de habilidades sociales y de bienestar subjetivo. Los resultados indicaron que un elaborado repertorio de habilidades sociales se encuentran asociadas a la percepción de un mayor bienestar subjetivo, e incluso pueden predecirlo, o sea aumentando cada vez más la probabilidad de reportar las emociones afectivas, confianza en sí mismo, autoestima y buen humor, entre otros aspectos Palabras clave: habilidades sociales, bienestar subjetivo, dotación, talento Ao considerar os aspectos socioemocionais da vida dos indivíduos dotados e talentosos, uma análise da literatura da área ind...

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“…There were also more family problems (divorce, etc.) However, McCallister et al (1996) indicate that the literature finds no emotional/social difficulties for children who are gifted and yet clinically there are many reports of children with these very difficulties. By the age of 40 these participants showed fewer emotional difficulties but continued to evidence sadness.…”

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“…Freeman (2006) found that children who are labeled as gifted were significantly more likely to show emotional problems than those who were equally as gifted but who were not labeled. McCallister et al (1996) suggest that children who are gifted are fairly heterogeneous and that research indicating good social and emotional development may not be accurate for the total population of children who are gifted. in the labeled group than the other group.…”

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Social Competence in Children

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2007

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“…In the scientific field, for example, the concept of giftedness is diverse to the extent that it depends closely on the basic theoretical model used when trying to conceptualize this phenomenon, with intelligence-centered, cognitive, performance-oriented, and socio-cultural models [10]. This difference in conceptualization entails different interpretations that depend on the diversity of the underlying models, coinciding with what McCallister, Nash, and Meckstroth [11] call "sampling error". Thus, under the same label, hugely different approaches are accepted so that the study group of one research may not be comparable with that of another.…”

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Examining the Most and Least Changeable Elements of the Social Representation of Giftedness

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Giftedness and high abilities have been broadly defined and this fact has led to many problems related to the detection and educational response given to gifted or highly able pupils due to the stereotyped social representations of the concepts. However, the main misconceptions might be changed with the aim of solving the mentioned problems. For this purpose, the aims of this study are to explore the main misconceptions of giftedness and to identify which among them seem to be most and least changeable. A questionnaire with the most extended myths and stereotypes about giftedness was applied in a sample of 824 participants. The items’ analyses were carried out by first studying item-test discrimination indices (test classical theory), and secondly, the a and b parameters of items (item response theory). The results show that there are items that would be easily changeable (9 items) and others less malleable (4 items). Therefore, it might be concluded that the social representation of giftedness would have peripheral elements that could be changed, while there would be less malleable central elements. Thus, different strategies to foster the change of the social representation of giftedness should be considered, which will have social and educational implications.

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The social competence of gifted children: Experiments and experience

Cited by 26 publications

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Habilidades Sociais e Bem-Estar Subjetivo de Crianças Dotadas e Talentosas

Habilidades Sociais e Bem-Estar Subjetivo de Crianças Dotadas e Talentosas

Social Competence in Children

Examining the Most and Least Changeable Elements of the Social Representation of Giftedness

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