PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT IN MATHEMATICALLY GIFTED STUDENTS

The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) was administered to 274 mathematical ly: gifted students-who were identified by a national talent search an d attended a summer program in precalculus. Results ed that these stud ents were significantly better adjusted than the adolescent normative group for Instrument. Gender, grade level, and verbal abilities were n ot related to adjustment scores. The scores obtained by the most gifte d students were not significantly different from scores obtained by th e rest of the sample.