A longitudinal study of negative life events, stress, and school experiences of gifted youth

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-49

  Peterson, Jean ^a   Duncan, Nancy ^b   Canady, Kate ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sioux Falls SD

^c Winchester in ^*

Author keywords

Achievement; Gifted; Negative life events; Qualitative; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149127842     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986208326553     Document Type: Article

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