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ERIC Number: EJ1426040
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-May
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0261-4294
EISSN: EISSN-2047-9077
The Search for Meaning in the Life of the Gifted
María Isabel Rodríguez-Fernández; Robert J Sternberg
Gifted Education International, v40 n2 p119-140 2024
The aim of this article is to review the importance of the question of life's meaning, mainly for intellectually gifted, as well as suggesting possibilities for educational and therapeutic approaches with an integration between Dabrowski's proposals and Frankl's and Yalom's existential psychotherapies for enhancing meaning. In particular, we suggest that "a successful transition between childhood and adult giftedness depends upon the gifted individual's finding meaning in their life and a sense of purpose through which to try to achieve it." The article is based on an integration of theory-based propositions, a review of existing research, and clinical observations. We conclude that it is important to integrate ideas about existential problems into education and psychotherapy for the gifted, increasing gifted individuals' sense of meaning through development of human values, a eudaimonic life orientation, full expression of potential, generativity, harmony, self-compassion, and spirituality.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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