Abstract
This study aimed to investigate perfectionism among talented students and its relationship to their self-esteem. Eighty-nine male and female talented students in King Abdullah II Schools for Excellence in Jordan were administered. Big Three Perfectionism Scale and Self-Esteem Scale to Rosenberg were used based on arithmetic mean, standard deviations, T-test for independent samples and Pearson correlation. The results indicate that the levels of three types of perfectionism and self-esteem are medium among students of King Abdullah II Schools for Excellence; also, there are no statistically significant differences between male and female students on Rigid Perfectionism and Narcissistic Perfectionism, while there are statistically significant differences between male and female students in Self-Critical Perfectionism and there are no statistically significant differences for Pearson Correlation to Rigid Perfectionism and Narcissistic Perfectionism on self-esteem; however, there are negative statistically significant differences for Pearson Correlation to Self-critical Perfectionism on self-esteem.
 Keywords: Perfectionism, self-esteem, talented students.
 
Highlights
IntroductionTalented students are characterized by a clear motivation in their general behavior towards achievement, perseverance and ambition in order to achieve their goals in life and success in it, which makes them feel self-sufficiency and happiness, ability to self-control, control their emotions in difficult situations, accept criticism directed at them and characterized by initiatives and audacity
The talented category is considered one of the groups that are vulnerable to falling into perfectionism, where fear of failure is a motive to direct their behaviour and motivate them to achieve, which leads them to procrastination and hesitation to avoid mistakes, no matter how small (John & April, 2017), where academic achievement is seen as an indication of success from an early age, and this is reinforced by the culture of the educational system to which talented students belong to doing work free from errors and faults (Damianl, Negru-Subtrica, Pop & Baban,2016 )
King Abdullah II Schools for Excellence is considered one of the pioneering schools that embrace talented and distinguished students in the various governorates of the Jordan, as it provides enriching educational patterns, and seeks to provide specialized educational services aimed at developing the educational process for talented and distinguished students so that it meets their different needs that encourage them to reach their creativity and excellence .The establishment of King Abdullah Schools of Excellence came from the interest of His Majesty King Abdullah II to provide an opportunity for gifted students to maximize their energies, and invest in the progress of the country and the importance of giving this category a special attention
Summary
Talented students are characterized by a clear motivation in their general behavior towards achievement, perseverance and ambition in order to achieve their goals in life and success in it, which makes them feel self-sufficiency and happiness, ability to self-control, control their emotions in difficult situations, accept criticism directed at them and characterized by initiatives and audacity. They have the confidence of others, high confidence in themselves, less willing than ordinary students to show behavior, realistic in their behavior and objective in their rulings and opinions (David, Moon & Feldhusen, 1998; Smith, Schneider & Ruck, 2005). King Abdullah II Schools for Excellence is considered one of the pioneering schools that embrace talented and distinguished students in the various governorates of the Jordan, as it provides enriching educational patterns, and seeks to provide specialized educational services aimed at developing the educational process for talented and distinguished students so that it meets their different needs that encourage them to reach their creativity and excellence .The establishment of King Abdullah Schools of Excellence came from the interest of His Majesty King Abdullah II to provide an opportunity for gifted students to maximize their energies, and invest in the progress of the country and the importance of giving this category a special attention
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