Date of Award
1992
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Art
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Pamela Nickels
Second Advisor
Georgia Archibald
Third Advisor
Jesse B. Harris Jr.
Abstract
The goal of this research was to design and test a psychological attitude measure intended to compare the stress experienced in families of gifted children with the stress experienced in families of nongifted children. After a review of the literature, evaluation by 5 experts and a pilot study with gifted families, a 31 item survey, organized under six categories was compiled. This survey, the Family Stress Scale (FSS) was given to the families of 755 children enrolled in grades 1 through 3, at three schools in the Hazelwood School District. Thirty one families with gifted children and 67 families with nongifted children responded. A Z-test of difference between means was performed and the hypothesis that there was a difference between family stress with gifted children and family stress with nongifted children was supported.
Recommended Citation
Motley, Cynthia R., "A Comparison of Family Stress with Gifted Children and Non-Gifted Children" (1992). Theses. 1126.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theses/1126
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