Gifted children in adolescence: The time for a change?

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Authors

MUDRÁK Jiří

Year of publication 2008
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference From Giftedness in Childhood to Successful Intelligence in Adulthood. 11th International Conference of European Council for High Ability.
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

Citation
Field Psychology
Keywords gifted adolescents; multi-case study
Description Various authors show that childhood giftedness and success or extraordinary achievements in adulthood may be in many cases quite separate. Reasons are often sought why children considered as gifted may loose their giftedness and don't exhibit any extraordinary characteristics in adulthood. The aim of our paper is to approach the development of giftedness from the point of view of gifted people who are currently going through adolescence, the breakpoint stage when it may be decided whether they go on in the nurture of their giftedness or set out for some other direction. In our paper, we will present a multi-case study of adolescents who were according to their results in sports, music or school considered as gifted during their childhood but eventually decided to abandon the field of their giftedness and pursue some other life course.
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