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3.3.10 Assessment of the Gifted Adolescents' Functional State of the Organism Under the Psychological Stress
Many studies have shown that gifted children and youth have mental health problems. These problems include depression, anxiety disorders, ADHD, etc. Our aim is to evaluate the adaptive capacity, the functional state of the gifted adolescents’ organisms under external potential stressors. The results show gifted adolescents can have a severe psychophysiological response to stress that can lead to psychosomatic and psychological problems. The solution for this problem for gifted adolescents is identical to the solution for athletes or pilots: responsibility and overload of psychophysiological state.
Author(s):
Madlena Arakelyan
arakelyanmadlena@gmail.com
Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi
Armenia
Madlena Arakelyan is currently working as an assistant at the Department of Medical Psychology, YSMU. She is giving lectures on Medical Psychology. She is а PhD student at YSU, Department of Social and Clinical Psychology. She has a BA degree in Psychology, and MA degree in Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology, YSU. Since 2011 until now, she has studied gifted children and youth using an interdisciplinary approach. In addition, she wrote a book entitled «Psychological diagnosis of gifted children» under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Armenia Young scientists’ support program.