Social Coping and Psychological Distress among Chinese Gifted Students in Hong Kong

Autor/in	Chan, David W.
Titel	Social Coping and Psychological Distress among Chinese Gifted Students in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Gifted Child Quarterly, 48 (2004) 1, S.30 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0016-9862
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Psychological Patterns; Peer Acceptance; Intelligence Quotient; Coping; Academically Gifted; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Student Characteristics; Social Influences; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Intelligenzquotient; Bewältigung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sozialer Einfluss; Hongkong
Abstract	This study explored the relationships between social coping and psychological distress in a sample of Chinese students in Hong Kong. These students, nominated by their schools to join university gifted programs, were assessed with respect to their nonverbal IQ (nonverbal reasoning) social coping strategies in response to being gifted, and psychological distress in 5 specific symptom areas. The findings indicated that gender, age, and nonverbal IQ had notable effects on specific social coping strategies. Students' coping by valuing peer acceptance and coping by attempting avoidance emerged as 2 of the most important social coping strategies predicting specific psychological symptoms. The implications of the findings for preventive interventions to help gifted students in their promotion and maintenance of psychological well-being are discussed. (Author).
Anmerkungen	National Association for Gifted Children, 1707 L Street, NW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20036. Web site: http://www.nagc.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10