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Peer reviewedParker, Wayne D.; Adkins, Karen K. – Roeper Review, 1995
This article examines theoretical views of perfectionism, some of the instruments currently available to measure perfectionism, and empirical evidence surrounding perfectionism in both the general and gifted populations. Areas of needed research are addressed, with particular emphasis given to the multidimensional nature of the construct of…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Gifted, Measurement Techniques, Mental Rigidity
Peer reviewedPiechowski, Michael M.; Miller, Nancy B. – Roeper Review, 1995
Two alternative means of assessing overexcitability were examined: questionnaires and interviews. Administration of both forms to 46 gifted adolescents and preadolescents obtained similar results for 4 of 5 forms of overexcitability, but correlations between questionnaire and interview scores were too low to consider the methods equivalent for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Interviews, Measurement Techniques
