ABSTRACT

The purpose of this qualitative research was to explore how gifted girls perceived and coped with loneliness and the relationship between loneliness and giftedness from their perspectives. Participants were four middle-school gifted girls. A loneliness scale was used to select gifted students with a high level of loneliness experience. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with each participant. In addition, they drew pictures of loneliness. Participants associated loneliness with exclusion. They felt like an outlander in their schools due to being treated like a stranger by their peers. Being alone gradually transformed from an imposed state into a choice for the participants. Their loneliness was rooted in their dissimilarities from peers, how they interacted with peers and being unaware of their behavioral problems. The way they coped with loneliness reflected their perceptions of loneliness.

摘要

这项定性研究的目的是从她们的角度探讨有天赋的女孩如何感知和应对孤独，以及孤独与天赋之间的关系。参与者是四名中学天才女孩。孤独感量表被用来选择具有高水平孤独感的资优学生。对每个参与者都进行了深入的半结构化访谈。此外，他们还画了孤独的图画。参与者将孤独与排斥联系在一起。由于被同龄人当作陌生人对待，他们在学校里感觉自己像个外地人。独处逐渐从一种强加的状态转变为参与者的一种选择。他们的孤独感源于他们与同龄人的不同、他们与同龄人的互动方式以及没有意识到他们的行为问题。