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Peer reviewedMetha, Arlene; McWhirter, Ellen Hawley – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1997
Differences in life-change events, life stress, depression, and suicide ideation were investigated in a mixed-ethnic sample of 34 gifted and 38 nongifted urban junior high school students. Suicide ideation was significantly and positively correlated both with level of depression and with levels of past and recent stress. Recent stress and use of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Problems, Gifted
