Living with the Gift of Giftedness: An Exploratory Study on the Well-Being of Intellectually Gifted Adults
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| Title: | Living with the Gift of Giftedness: An Exploratory Study on the Well-Being of Intellectually Gifted Adults |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Joanie Poirier (ORCID |
| Source: | Gifted Child Quarterly. 2025 69(4):367-385. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 19 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Well Being, Gifted, Adults, Foreign Countries, Risk, Resilience (Psychology), Mental Health, Life Satisfaction, Interpersonal Relationship, Twice Exceptional, Socioeconomic Status, Psychopathology, Marital Status, Environmental Influences, Individual Characteristics, Mental Disorders |
| Geographic Terms: | Canada |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, Satisfaction With Life Scale |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00169862251347293 |
| ISSN: | 0016-9862 1934-9041 |
| Abstract: | While it is now argued that intellectual giftedness is not causally associated with well-being, the individual and environmental determinants associated remain empirically underexplored. Trying to fill this gap, this study investigated potential risk and protective factors on the well-being and mental health of 219 Canadian intellectually gifted adults. Exploratory transversal analyses were conducted between 11 determinants frequently evoked in the literature on intellectually gifted individuals and hedonic well-being (positive/negative affect; [direct proportionality] = 0.85-0.87; satisfaction with life; [direct proportionality] = 0.88), eudemonic well-being (existential crisis/meaning in life; [direct proportionality] = 0.76-0.87; interpersonal connection; [direct proportionality] = 92) and psychopathologies. Results show that twice-exceptionality and lower socioeconomic status are risk factors for the development of psychopathologies, while being married/in civil union and having a higher perceived level of potential achievement are protective factors for hedonic and eudemonic well-being. Results are discussed in light of previous knowledge about gifted individuals. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1482734 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | While it is now argued that intellectual giftedness is not causally associated with well-being, the individual and environmental determinants associated remain empirically underexplored. Trying to fill this gap, this study investigated potential risk and protective factors on the well-being and mental health of 219 Canadian intellectually gifted adults. Exploratory transversal analyses were conducted between 11 determinants frequently evoked in the literature on intellectually gifted individuals and hedonic well-being (positive/negative affect; [direct proportionality] = 0.85-0.87; satisfaction with life; [direct proportionality] = 0.88), eudemonic well-being (existential crisis/meaning in life; [direct proportionality] = 0.76-0.87; interpersonal connection; [direct proportionality] = 92) and psychopathologies. Results show that twice-exceptionality and lower socioeconomic status are risk factors for the development of psychopathologies, while being married/in civil union and having a higher perceived level of potential achievement are protective factors for hedonic and eudemonic well-being. Results are discussed in light of previous knowledge about gifted individuals. |
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| ISSN: | 0016-9862 1934-9041 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00169862251347293 |
