biostudies-literatureLo ETTResearch Grants Council178https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12468528biostudies-literatureUnknown15(9)<h4>Background</h4>High-ability students, despite their potential, may underachieve academically. The existing literature suggests the presence of subtypes, such as perfectionistic or creative high-ability students, who underachieve for different reasons. However, empirical work identifying these profiles and linking them to underachievement remains limited.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed self-reported data by 930 high-ability adolescents across Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. We conducted a pre-registered confirmatory latent profile analysis on five dispositions theoretically relevant to underachievement: creativity, academic self-efficacy, self-regulation, perfectionistic standards, and self-criticism. We examined how these profiles related to underachievement risEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and educationUnderachievement Risks and Profiles of Psychological Variables Among High-Ability Adolescents from Hong Kong, The Netherlands, Taiwan, and The United Kingdom.PMC12468528UGC/FDS16/H11/21Lo ETTvan Weerdenburg MHoogeveen LCheung HNJen EWilliams JMChan SWYSin KFfalseUnderachievement Risks and Profiles of Psychological Variables Among High-Ability Adolescents from Hong Kong, The Netherlands, Taiwan, and The United Kingdom.<h4>Background</h4>High-ability students, despite their potential, may underachieve academically. The existing literature suggests the presence of subtypes, such as perfectionistic or creative high-ability students, who underachieve for different reasons. However, empirical work identifying these profiles and linking them to underachievement remains limited.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed self-reported data by 930 high-ability adolescents across Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. We conducted a pre-registered confirmatory latent profile analysis on five dispositions theoretically relevant to underachievement: creativity, academic self-efficacy, self-regulation, perfectionistic standards, and self-criticism. We examined how these profiles related to underachievement ris2025-01-01T00:00:00Z2025 Sep2026-05-01T03:22:17.484Z2026-05-01T03:11:08.38ZS-EPMC124685284100275910.3390/ejihpe15090178