Suicide Ideation and Personality Characteristics Among Gifted Adolescents

From: The Gifted Child Quarterly | Date: October 1, 2006| Author: Cassady, Jerrell C; Miller, Kimberly A; Cross, Tracy L | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

This study describes psychological characteristics of gifted adolescents. It also identifies the relationships between psychological personality types and suicide ideation. Participants in the study were 152 juniors enrolled in a public residential high school for academically gifted students. The Suicide Ideation Questionnaire, a 30-item self-report measure, was used to assess adolescent levels of suicide ideation. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI; Myers, 1962), a widely...

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