title: Career awareness and personal development: a naturalistic study of gifted adolescent girls' concerns.
abstract: The role of social interaction and the importance of humor in the development of gifted adolescent females' beliefs about career options are explored in this paper. Findings are based on a qualitative study which utilized participant-observation and interviewing during a four-month career exploration seminar for gifted females. The results of this study indicate that gifted girls experience a unique conflict between expectations directed at gifted students, and their status as females. The use of humor functioned as a coping device to promote relaxation and release tension.
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D001364:Awareness; D002321:Career Choice; D002672:Child, Gifted / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D003142:Communication; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic