Perfectionism and Self-Handicapping Behaviors of Gifted Students: A Review of the Literature

The study addresses two issues, perfectionism and self-handicapping, which may threaten gifted students’ academic achievement and self-esteem. While perfectionism refers to setting unreasonably high standards for one’s own performance, self-handicapping is defined as creating impediments or obsta...

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Main Authors: Harun TADIK, Engin AKCA, Zehra UÇAK AZBOY
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists 2017-06-01
Series:Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists
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Online Access:http://www.jegys.org/admin/b_Bilgi_dosya/dosya/jegys-5-2-6.pdf