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| Being labeled as gifted, self-appraisal, and psychological well-being: a life span developmental perspective | | Author(s) | Carole K Holahan, Charles J Holahan |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 48, no 3, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 161-174 |
| Keywords | Self esteem ; Competence ; Life satisfaction ; Life span ; Octogenarians ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The Terman study of the Gifted, which began as a study of gifted children in 1921, has provided many insights into development across the life span. This study examined the relation of being labelled as gifted to a midlife appraisal of having lived up to one's abilities and to psychological well-being at age 80. Participants in the study were 399 individuals in the Terman Study who were between the ages of 75 and 84 in 1992. A proxy index of Terman study membership was derived from participants' self-report during their mid-twenties of the age at which they first learned that they were members of the Terman Study. Individuals who learned earlier of their participation in the Study were less likely to believe that they had lived up to their intellectual abilities at midlife and reported lower psychological well-being at age 80. Results are discussed in terms of the possible implications of being labelled as gifted for the formation of unrealistic expectations of achievement. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990723232 A |
| Classmark | DPA: DPB: F:5HH: BG6: BBM: 3J: 7T |
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