High Cognitive Ability and Mental Health: Findings from a Large Community Sample of Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Whereas it has sometimes been asserted that the intellectually gifted would be more prone to develop mental health problems, empirical studies generally do not seem to support such claims. However, much of the available research has relied on preselected samples, introducing risks for sample selection bias. This study scrutinized the relationship between intellectual giftedness (defined as high cognitive ability) and mental health in a large, non-selective sample of early adolescents (n = 3409; 49.6% boys; M_age = 12.5 years). Using a standardized intelligence test (CoVaT-CHC) to identify participants with a high cognitive ability (IQ ≥ 120; n = 403), we compared self- and parent-reported levels of emotional problems, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, and

SUBMITTER: Lavrijsen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9966861 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature