Bright Star--Black Sky: A Phenomenological Study of Depression as a Window into the Psyche of the Gifted Adolescent.

Jackson, P. Susan

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ERIC Number: EJ562639

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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ISSN: ISSN-0278-3193

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Bright Star--Black Sky: A Phenomenological Study of Depression as a Window into the Psyche of the Gifted Adolescent.

Jackson, P. Susan

Roeper Review, v20 n3 p215-21 Feb 1998

This qualitative study investigated the lived experience of depression in 10 gifted adolescents. Analysis of in-depth unstructured interviews revealed the gifted adolescent's absolute need for knowledge, for communion, and for expression. The gifted adolescent is at risk for depression when any or all of these needs are stymied. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Gifted, Individual Development, Individual Psychology, Interpersonal Relationship, Interviews, Psychological Needs, Qualitative Research, Self Concept, Self Expression

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Perspectives on the Self of the Gifted.