Özel Yetenekli Ergenlerde Psikolojik Sağlamlığın İncelenmesi

Abstract

The purpose of the current study is to determine the level of psychological resilience in gifted adolescents and to examine whether their psychological resilience varies significantly depending on gender, grade level, mother’s education level, father’s education level, family type and perceived personality traits. The study employed the descriptive survey model. The purposive sampling method was employed in the selection of the participants. The sample of the study consists of a total of 384 gifted students, including 24 fifth graders, 322 sixth graders and 38 seventh graders attending Science and Art Centres (BILSEM) located in four different provinces with varying levels of socioeconomic development (low, medium and high) in the 2022-2023 school year. The socioeconomic development level of the provinces was determined based on the 2017 provincial rankings in the socio-economic development research conducted by the Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Turkey. In the current study, the psychological resilience of gifted middle school students was determined with the “Child and Adolescent Psychological Resilience Scale”. For the collection of the demographic information of the sample group, a personal information form developed by the researchers was used. Analyses of the data set were carried out after normality tests (Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro Wilk-W) and SPSS 20 statistical program package was used to analyse the collected data. For the determination of the level of psychological resilience, frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean and standard deviation were used. While analysing whether psychological resilience varies significantly by gender and family type, t-test was employed and in the analysis of psychological resilience in relation to grade level, mother’s education level and father’s education level, One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed. Chi-square test was used in the analyses conducted to determine the psychological resilience of the gifted adolescents in relation to their personality traits. As a result of the study, the gifted students’ psychological resilience level was found to be high and statistically significant differences were found based on grade level, mother’s education level, father’s education level, family type and perceived personality traits. According to the results of this study, carrying out studies that aim to determine the factors affecting the psychological resilience of gifted adolescents can significantly contribute to the literature. It is also recommended to investigate whether there are differences between the psychological resilience of gifted students and their normally developing peers.