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Title: Living with the Gift of Giftedness: An Exploratory Study on the Well-Being of Intellectually Gifted Adults
Language: English
Authors: Joanie Poirier (ORCID 0009-0009-0241-0066), Anne Brault-Labbé (ORCID 0000-0002-6475-1773), Audrey Brassard (ORCID 0000-0002-2292-1519)
Source: Gifted Child Quarterly. 2025 69(4):367-385.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 19
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Well Being, Gifted, Adults, Foreign Countries, Risk, Resilience (Psychology), Mental Health, Life Satisfaction, Interpersonal Relationship, Twice Exceptional, Socioeconomic Status, Psychopathology, Marital Status, Environmental Influences, Individual Characteristics, Mental Disorders
Geographic Terms: Canada
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, Satisfaction With Life Scale
DOI: 10.1177/00169862251347293
ISSN: 0016-9862
1934-9041
Abstract: While it is now argued that intellectual giftedness is not causally associated with well-being, the individual and environmental determinants associated remain empirically underexplored. Trying to fill this gap, this study investigated potential risk and protective factors on the well-being and mental health of 219 Canadian intellectually gifted adults. Exploratory transversal analyses were conducted between 11 determinants frequently evoked in the literature on intellectually gifted individuals and hedonic well-being (positive/negative affect; [direct proportionality] = 0.85-0.87; satisfaction with life; [direct proportionality] = 0.88), eudemonic well-being (existential crisis/meaning in life; [direct proportionality] = 0.76-0.87; interpersonal connection; [direct proportionality] = 92) and psychopathologies. Results show that twice-exceptionality and lower socioeconomic status are risk factors for the development of psychopathologies, while being married/in civil union and having a higher perceived level of potential achievement are protective factors for hedonic and eudemonic well-being. Results are discussed in light of previous knowledge about gifted individuals.
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Entry Date: 2025
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