مقايسه سلامت رواني و سازگاري اجتماعي دانش آموزان دختر تيزهوش در سه موقعيت آموزشي

Comparing the Mental Health and Social Adjustment of Gifted Students in Three Educational Settings

The present study compared the mental health and social adjustment of three groups of female intellectually gifted students in three different educational settings in middle and high schools in Tehran (talented, special and regular schools). For this purpose 94 gifted students (grades 7 & 10) randomly selected and were asked to complete the Wiener Matrizen Test fuer Iran (WMTI) and Mental Health Inventory (MHI) as well as Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY). Statistical analysis of data indicated no significant differences based on their mental health and social adjustment between three groups in three educational settings. However, the data revealed that the participants from the three different settings possessed high scores in mental health as well as social adjustment.