Abstract Graphic Creativity, Feelings about School, and Engagement in the School Environment: What Are the Interindividual Differences between Gifted and Non-Gifted Children?

Sanchez, Christine; Blanc, Nathalie

doi:10.3390/jintelligence11010002

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Abstract Graphic Creativity, Feelings about School, and Engagement in the School Environment: What Are the Interindividual Differences between Gifted and Non-Gifted Children?

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Christine Sanchez

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and

Nathalie Blanc

Department of Psychology, Epsylon EA 4556, University Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, F34000 Montpellier, France

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J. Intell. 2023, 11(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11010002

Submission received: 19 October 2022 / Revised: 16 December 2022 / Accepted: 20 December 2022 / Published: 23 December 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emotional Intelligence and Creativity)

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This study examines interindividual differences between gifted and non-gifted children in the school environment. Three distinct measurement tools were used to enable a multimodal approach of gifted and non-gifted children with abstract graphic creativity, feelings about school and engagement in the school environment being considered. The results obtained from 328 children (including 45 gifted children) revealed that the gifted children obtained scores significantly higher than non-gifted children in terms of self-determination, feelings about school, and creativity. In addition, a gap appears among gifted children between their significantly higher scores for motivation and intellectual skills versus standard scores for their socio-affective development. Such results are consistent with the idea of asynchronous development, which is characteristic of gifted children (cognitive and conative vs. socio-affective sphere), offering perspectives for more adapted support for these pupils in elementary school.

Keywords: giftedness; gifted children; school; autodetermination; creativity; feelings about school; schoolchildren

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Sanchez, C.; Blanc, N. Abstract Graphic Creativity, Feelings about School, and Engagement in the School Environment: What Are the Interindividual Differences between Gifted and Non-Gifted Children? J. Intell. 2023, 11, 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11010002

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Sanchez C, Blanc N. Abstract Graphic Creativity, Feelings about School, and Engagement in the School Environment: What Are the Interindividual Differences between Gifted and Non-Gifted Children? Journal of Intelligence. 2023; 11(1):2. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11010002

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Sanchez, Christine, and Nathalie Blanc. 2023. "Abstract Graphic Creativity, Feelings about School, and Engagement in the School Environment: What Are the Interindividual Differences between Gifted and Non-Gifted Children?" Journal of Intelligence 11, no. 1: 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11010002

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Sanchez, C., & Blanc, N. (2023). Abstract Graphic Creativity, Feelings about School, and Engagement in the School Environment: What Are the Interindividual Differences between Gifted and Non-Gifted Children? Journal of Intelligence, 11(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11010002

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