Understanding gifted adolescents in Singapore : a Dabrowskian perspective

• Main Author: Mike Mariyappa Thiruman.
• Other Authors: Teo, Chua Tee
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13810
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The purpose of the study was to provide a framework for understanding the characteristics of the intellectually gifted adolescents in Singapore based on Dabrowski's (1996) overexcitabilities (OEs). As OEs highlight the heightened sensitivity and intensity of the gifted, they serve as an appropr...