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5.5.7 The Application of the Gifted Anxiety Scale on Gifted Lebanese Youth
Gifted children still puzzle educators and society. Although researchers have not yet come to a unified definition of what gifted is, they have set forth common characteristics of gifted children. Among these characteristics is the need for perfectionism, which might lead these gifted children to experience anxiety. Anxiety can cause existential depression, social anxiety and interpersonal isolation for gifted children. These reactions, in turn, can impair gifted children, depriving them of their potential. The study aims to validate the Anxiety Scale (JamalAllel, 2017), developed in the KSA, in a Lebanese context to see if it should replace other international scales that might be culturally biased.
Author(s):
Mira Alameddine
alameddine.mira@gmail.com
LWIS-City International School
Lebanon
Mira Alameddine has PhD in gifted education from the Doctorate School of Humanities and Literature at the Lebanese University and become a consultant and teacher trainer in the field. She’s the coordinator of the Gifted and Talented Program which she developed and is running at the LWIS-City International School in Beirut-Lebanon and has several studies on the status of gifted children in Lebanon. She believes that gifted children, particularly in Lebanon, need assistance to thrive. And her ‘crusade’ now, is to provide them with the aid they so much deserve.
Nidal Jouni
nidaljouny@gmail.com
University of Science and Arts in Lebanon (USAL)
Lebanon
Nidal Jouni is the Lebanese representative in the WCGTC. She is an Instructor in the Department of Education at the University of Sciences and Arts in Lebanon. Ms Joui has an MA in Counselling with emphasis on counselling the Gifted child and a specialist in gifted education.
