The elusive search for the personality of the intellectually gifted student: Some cross-cultural findings and conclusions from the israeli educational context

Talent Development and Excellence

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 13-22

  Shani Zinovich, Inbal ^a   Zeidner, Moshe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Affect; Anxiety; Gifted students; Mental health; Personality; Self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886870078     PISSN: 18690459     EISSN: 18692885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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