The Cognitive Profile of Gifted Children Compared to Those of Their Parents: A Descriptive Study Using the Wechsler Scales.

IQ Wechsler scales cognitive abilities giftedness parent-children inheritance

Journal

Journal of Intelligence
ISSN: 2079-3200
Titre abrégé: J Intell
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101635592

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
24 Oct 2022
Historique:
received: 30 09 2022
revised: 17 10 2022
accepted: 19 10 2022
entrez: 22 11 2022
pubmed: 23 11 2022
medline: 23 11 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The manifestation of performance at the top of a given talent distribution constitutes giftedness. While identifying talented youths based on IQ has been the focus of previous research, examining their cognitive profile is a new endeavor. The present study assessed the IQ and cognitive abilities of a sample of gifted Italian children and compared them to their parents using the Wechsler scales. Fifty-nine gifted children aged 6 to 14 years were administered the WISC-IV while their parents (

Identifiants

pubmed: 36412771
pii: jintelligence10040091
doi: 10.3390/jintelligence10040091
pmc: PMC9680488
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Lina Pezzuti (L)

Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.

Morena Farese (M)

Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.

James Dawe (J)

Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.

Marco Lauriola (M)

Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.

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