The Developmental Study of Adjustment in Gifted and Non Gifted Adolescents and Youths Regarding Personality Characteristics

Abstract This study is investigating profile adjustment developmental of adolescents and youths (12-22 yrs old), in order to investigate individuals’ adjustment and their personality characteristics. 560 females as gifted and non gifted, school and university students, participated in the study. They responded to Demographic information, NEO personality, Patrick's adjustment, AISS, and Bell's adjustment questionnaires. The results showed that gifted students were significantly higher in neuroticism and lower in openness than the non gifted students. It was also showed that gifted school students in comparison with non gifted school students, significantly have less emotional and educational adjustment.