title: Behavioral profiles of clinically referred children with intellectual giftedness.
abstract: It is common that intellectually gifted children--that is, children with an IQ ≥ 130--are referred to paediatric or child neuropsychiatry clinics for socio-emotional problems and/or school underachievement or maladjustment. These clinically-referred children with intellectual giftedness are thought to typically display internalizing problems (i.e., self-focused problems reflecting overcontrol of emotion and behavior), and to be more behaviorally impaired when "highly" gifted (IQ ≥ 145) or displaying developmental asynchrony (i.e., a heterogeneous developmental pattern, reflected in a significant verbal-performance discrepancy on IQ tests). We tested all these assumptions in 143 clinically-referred gifted children aged 8 to 12, using Wechsler's intelligence profile and the Child Behavior Checklist. Compared to a normative sample, gifted children displayed increased behavioral problems in the whole symptomatic range. Internalizing problems did not predominate over externalizing ones (i.e., acted-out problems, reflecting undercontrol of emotion and behavior), revealing a symptomatic nature of behavioral syndromes more severe than expected. "Highly gifted" children did not display more behavioral problems than the "low gifted." Gifted children with a significant verbal-performance discrepancy displayed more externalizing problems and mixed behavioral syndromes than gifted children without such a discrepancy. These results suggest that developmental asynchrony matters when examining emotional and behavioral problems in gifted children.
authors: CHU de Caen, Service de Psychiatrie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent, avenue Clemenceau, 14033 Caen Cedex 9, France. guenole fabian@yahoo.fr
authors: Fabian
authors: F
authors: Guénolé
authors: Jacqueline
authors: J
authors: Louis
authors: Christian
authors: C
authors: Creveuil
authors: Jean-Marc
authors: JM
authors: Baleyte
authors: Claire
authors: C
authors: Montlahuc
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Fourneret
authors: Olivier
authors: O
authors: Revol
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002672:Child, Gifted / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male
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