Personal Characteristics of Gifted Students with Various Levels of Psychological Well-Being
Author(s)
Elena B. Laktionova, Doctor of Sciences (Psychology), Associate Professor, Head of Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7863-1414, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
48 Moika, Embankment (Naberezhnaya reki Moyki), Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 191186, tel.: +7 (812) 3150725, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Irina V. Kondakova, Candidate of Sciences (Psychology), Associate Professor of Department of of Developmental and Educational Psychology, ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6320-5757, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
48 Moika, Embankment (Naberezhnaya reki Moyki), Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 191186, tel.: +7 (812) 3150725, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Aleksandra S. Tuzova, Second-Year Post-Graduate Student of Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6830-5543, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
48 Moika, Embankment (Naberezhnaya reki Moyki), Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 191186, tel.: +7 (812) 3150725, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract. Introduction. The paper presents the results of the comparative analysis of the personal characteristics of students with various levels of psychological well-being.
Materials and Methods. The study relies on the following methods: Maddi’s Hardiness survey, V.V. Stolin and S.R. Panteleev’s Self-attitude test questionnaire, R. Lazarus and S. Folkman’s Test for coping with difficult situations, Kolb’s Learning style inventory, and H. Sievert’s Test to identify creative abilities.
Results. Students with a high level of psychological well-being are characterized by constructive strategies for resolving problem situations, a high level of hardiness, and a positive self-attitude. Students with a low level of psychological well-being are characterized by a low degree of self-acceptance, a high degree of self-blame, a desire to avoid solving problems, and a lack of control over their own lives.
Conclusion. The findings indicate that there are relationships between the psychological well-being of gifted students and indicators of their hardiness, coping strategies, self-attitude, learning style, and creativity. The study has revealed that students with different levels of psychological well-being differ in some of the studied characteristics.
Keywords: psychological well-being, giftedness, specialized schools, personal characteristics, hardiness, self-attitude, coping strategies, creativity.
For citation: Laktionova E. B., Kondakova I. V., Tuzova A. S. Personal Characteristics of Gifted Students with Various Levels of Psychological Well-Being. Pedagogicheskiy IMIDZH = Pedagogical IMAGE. 2021; 15(2): 234-246. DOI: 10.32343/2409-5052-2021-15-2-234-246
UDС: 159.928.22
DOI: 10.32343/2409-5052-2021-15-2-234-246