Behavioral Profiles of Clinically Referred Children with Intellectual Giftedness
Joint Authors
Guénolé, Fabian
Louis, Jacqueline
Creveuil, Christian
Baleyte, Jean-Marc
Montlahuc, Claire
Fourneret, Pierre
Revol, Olivier
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-07-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
It is common that intellectually gifted children—that is, children with an IQ ≥ 130—are referred to paediatric or child neuropsychiatry clinics for socio-emotional problems and/or school underachievement or maladjustment.
These clinically-referred children with intellectual giftedness are thought to typically display internalizing problems (i.e., self-focused problems reflecting overcontrol of emotion and behavior), and to be more behaviorally impaired when “highly” gifted (IQ ≥ 145) or displaying developmental asynchrony (i.e., a heterogeneous developmental pattern, reflected in a significant verbal-performance discrepancy on IQ tests).
We tested all these assumptions in 143 clinically-referred gifted children aged 8 to 12, using Wechsler’s intelligence profile and the Child Behavior Checklist.
Compared to a normative sample, gifted children displayed increased behavioral problems in the whole symptomatic range.
Internalizing problems did not predominate over externalizing ones (i.e., acted-out problems, reflecting undercontrol of emotion and behavior), revealing a symptomatic nature of behavioral syndromes more severe than expected.
“Highly gifted” children did not display more behavioral problems than the “low gifted.” Gifted children with a significant verbal-performance discrepancy displayed more externalizing problems and mixed behavioral syndromes than gifted children without such a discrepancy.
These results suggest that developmental asynchrony matters when examining emotional and behavioral problems in gifted children.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Guénolé, Fabian& Louis, Jacqueline& Creveuil, Christian& Baleyte, Jean-Marc& Montlahuc, Claire& Fourneret, Pierre…[et al.]. 2013. Behavioral Profiles of Clinically Referred Children with Intellectual Giftedness. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1004556
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Guénolé, Fabian…[et al.]. Behavioral Profiles of Clinically Referred Children with Intellectual Giftedness. BioMed Research International No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1004556
American Medical Association (AMA)
Guénolé, Fabian& Louis, Jacqueline& Creveuil, Christian& Baleyte, Jean-Marc& Montlahuc, Claire& Fourneret, Pierre…[et al.]. Behavioral Profiles of Clinically Referred Children with Intellectual Giftedness. BioMed Research International. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1004556
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1004556