Leadership profiles as determined by the HSPQ of students identified as intellectually gifted

Leadership and the Gifted

“…The LPS has been employed in several studies with intellectually gifted, creative, and leadership students. The mean scores of the subjects in each study were above those of the norm group (Karnes, Chauvin, & Trant, 1984;Karnes, Chauvin, & Trant, 1985;Karnes & D'Ilio, 1989a). …”

“…Elected leaders, however, tended to be more tender-minded (sensitive, overprotected, intuitive, tense, driven, group-dependent, and conscientious) than the nonelected group. In addition, females scored significantly higher than males on excitability, and males scored significantly higher than females on sensitivity (Karnes, Chauvin, & Trant, 1984).…”

“…Using the HSPQ with students attending a self-contained high school for the intellectually gifted, Karnes, Chauvin, and Trant (1984) found that the HSPQ failed to discriminate between individuals who held an "elected" leadership position and 3 those who did not. Elected leaders, however, tended to be more tender-minded (sensitive, overprotected, intuitive, tense, driven, group-dependent, and conscientious) than the nonelected group.…”

Meet, prey, like: A study of gifted girls' interactions with social media

“…Although these experiences are not necessarily confined to those of gifted and talented girls, gifted and talented girls could be particularly vulnerable to judgments made about them due to their traits of tendermindedness and sensitivity (Karnes et al, 1984), which could be a reason why the participants in this study minimized the amount they posted regarding personal details of their lives. The more they posted, the greater the opportunity to be judged, the more they may internalise these judgments.…”

“…Some may experience loneliness and isolation, especially if they have been rejected by their peers who may not value high achievement, or they may lack the time to develop friendships due to commitments to their work (Reis, 2002b). This is further exacerbated by the traits of sensitivity, tendermindedness and vulnerability often seen in gifted students (Karnes, Chauvin & Trant, 1984). According to Reis (2002b), many gifted and talented girls feel the pressure to conform because being gifted is seen as being different to the norm.…”