Gifted children: Emotionally immature or emotionally intense?

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Gifted children: Emotionally immature or emotionally intense?

This article by Leslie Sword examines the emotional intensity of gifted children in terms of the overexcitabilities that are a component of Dabrowski's theory of emotional development. Descriptions of emotional intensity are given together with examples of behaviour associated with emotional intensity that are often mistakenly perceived as emotional immaturity. It concludes that emotional intensity in the gifted is essential to the learning process and that gifted children need understanding and

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Tags: Emotional Health, Children's Health