Intimate Relationships of the Intellectually Gifted: Attachment Style, Conflict Style, and Relationship Satisfaction Among Members of the Mensa Society

Dijkstra, Pieternel; Barelds, Dick P. H.; Ronner, Sieuwke; Nauta, A. P.

doi:10.1080/01494929.2016.1177630

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“…The HIQ group reported, as expected in hypothesis 1, higher crisis of meaning and lower self-control than the HAA group. These results are in line with findings of scholars who suggested existential troubles [14,23], lower psychosocial adjustment among the HIQ [25][26][27][28][29], and group differences between HIQ and HAA [14,23].…”

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confidence: 91%

“…This is particularly alarming when considering that intellectually gifted adults' meaning in life predicted their subjective well-being in a longitudinal study [24]. A broad body of studies with intellectually gifted persons suggests a similar tendency for psychosocial issues, such as a vulnerability for affective disorders and immune-related diseases [25], identity problems, compulsivity [26], a low sense of coherence [27], a fearful attachment style [28], and the perception of being different [29].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Crisis of Meaning and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Resilience and Self-Control among Gifted Adults

Vötter

2019

Behavioral Sciences

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Meaning in life is positively associated with mental and physical health, while a crisis of meaning is a painful existential state that is defined as a perceived lack of meaning. An earlier study has shown that academically high-achieving adults mostly experience existential fulfilment, while intellectually gifted adults have a disproportionally high risk of suffering from a crisis of meaning, which can weaken their potential fulfilment in life. To uncover the underlying mechanisms of how an existential crisis affects gifted adults’ mental health, this study examines the longitudinal relationship between crisis of meaning and subjective well-being via two mediators: self-control and resilience. A multiple mediation model was tested with longitudinal data (two times of measurement) of two gifted groups: intellectually gifted adults (HIQ; N = 100; 55% female) and academically high-achieving adults (HAA; N = 52; 29% female). Results suggest group differences: HIQ had higher crisis of meaning and lower self-control than the HAA. HIQ’s resilience (but not their self-control) and HAA’s self-control (but not their resilience) mediated the relationship between crisis of meaning and subjective well-being. These findings give initial insights about the distinct psychological needs of gifted adults and their different paths toward subjective well-being. These insights can be applied in future giftedness research, talent development programs, or counseling to support gifted individuals in living up to their potential. Thus, HIQ could benefit particularly from supporting their ability to cope with adversity, while HAA could benefit particularly from strengthening their willpower to modify undesired emotions, behaviors, and desires.

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confidence: 91%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Crisis of Meaning and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Resilience and Self-Control among Gifted Adults

Vötter

2019

Behavioral Sciences

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“…The correction of translation was made by Žardeckaitė-Matulaitienė (2011). Although this inventory was developed for measuring conflicts among the members of organization, it is widely used in various contexts, including the field of romantic relationships (Dijkstra, Barelds, Ronner, & Nauta, 2017;Nadiri & Khalatbari, 2018;Farahanifar, Heidari, Davodi, & Aleyasin, 2019). Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory -II consists of 28 items which participants were asked to respond on a Likert scale from 1 "strongly disagree" to 5 "strongly agree".…”

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The relationship between irrational relationship beliefs and conflict resolution strategies in young adulthood

Aušraitė¹,

Žardeckaitė-Matulaitienė²

2019

IJPBA

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Background: Maintaining romantic relationships is one of the most important developmental tasks in young adulthood. Lower relationship satisfaction is associated with more expressed irrational relationship beliefs (Janjani, Momeni, Rai, & Saidi, 2017). According to the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, irrational beliefs should cause maladaptive behavior in conflicts. However, it is not clear how particular irrational relationship beliefs are associated with specific conflict resolution strategies in young adulthood. Purpose. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the link between irrational relationship beliefs and conflict resolution strategies in young adulthood. Method. 148 young adults (110 female, 38 male) having romantic relationships participated in this study. The irrational relationship beliefs were assessed with a questionnaire by R. J. Eidelson and N. Epstein (1982). Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory -II (Rahim & Magner, 1995) was used to measure conflict resolution strategies. Results: The results showed that the more expressed irrational belief "Disagreement is destructive" was related to higher use of dominating and avoiding and lower use of integrating and compromising conflict resolution strategies in young adulthood. The more expressed irrational belief "Partners cannot change" was associated with lower use of integrating and compromising conflict resolution strategies in young adulthood. No links between the irrational belief "Partners cannot change" and avoiding conflict resolution strategy were found in young adulthood. The more expressed irrational belief "The sexes are different" was associated with higher use of dominating conflict resolution strategy in young adulthood. The more expressed irrational belief "Sexual perfectionism" was related to lower use of integrating conflict resolution strategy in young adulthood. Conclusions. Results of this study partially support Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy.

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“…According to the theoretical perspectives, it has been argued that gifted adults are motivated towards "social subjects" such as moral thought and social justice. Moreover, it has been observed that their increased level of intelligence is associated with moral development (Dijkstra et al, 2017).…”

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The importance of life goals and the level of their achievement among gifted adults in Jordan

Katanani

Sakarneh

2021

CJES

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The current study aimed to identify the degree of importance of life goals and the achievement of these goals among gifted adults in Jordan in the main fields of life goals, and if there are statistically significant differences in the degree of importance and the level of achievement of life goals due to gender and degree of religiosity. The study sample consisted of (80) gifted graduates’ adults from Jubilee school graduates, whose ages range from (26-41). The descriptive-survey method was used to achieve study goals. The results indicated that all life goals were of high importance to the respondents, regardless of gender. Significant differences were identified in the achievement of life goals attributed to the gender variable in favor of females. The result also showed no fundamental differences in the degree of importance of life goals attributed to the degree of religiosity. The study results revealed that gifted adults focus mainly on achieving goals and professional success, and they achieve themselves through the profession. They see that a promising future means career success and economic power enables them to achieve life goals related to their partner and family. Keywords: Life goals; goals achievement; gifted adults; gender; religiosity.

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Intimate Relationships of the Intellectually Gifted: Attachment Style, Conflict Style, and Relationship Satisfaction Among Members of the Mensa Society

Cited by 10 publications

References 45 publications

Crisis of Meaning and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Resilience and Self-Control among Gifted Adults

Crisis of Meaning and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Resilience and Self-Control among Gifted Adults

The relationship between irrational relationship beliefs and conflict resolution strategies in young adulthood

The importance of life goals and the level of their achievement among gifted adults in Jordan

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