Underachieving Profoundly Gifted Adolescents

<p>Underachieving Profoundly Gifted Adolescents is a phenomenological study that explores the lived experiences of five underachieving profoundly gifted adolescents. Profoundly gifted individuals are those whose IQ scores are at the 99.9th percentile. This study was a means to explore factors that contribute to underachievement among this subpopulation of gifted students. In-depth interviews with young adults provided insight into the personal experiences of underachievement in profoundly gifted adolescents. Parents also took part in interviews to provide an additional perspective on the underachievement experience. Findings indicated five themes that contribute to underachievement among this population. Expectations were a major contributor to underachievement. In addition to expectations, social issues, mental health issues, rebellion, and motivation also emerged as contributing to underachievement in profoundly gifted individuals. All five of these contributing factors; expectations, social issues, mental health issues, rebellion, and motivation are interrelated and synergistic.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation in Practice

Year dc:date.available

2020

Author dc:creator

• Soto Harrison, Marisa

Contributors dc:contributor

• Norma L. Hafenstein
• Paul Michalec
• Korrie Allen

• Expectations
• Mental health issues
• Profoundly gifted
• Rebellion
• Social issues
• Underachievement
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Gifted Education
• Other Psychology
• Psychology

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• <p>Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.</p>

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/1838

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.du.edu:etd-2835