The Gifted and the Shadow of the Night: Dabrowski's Overexcitabilities and Their Correlation to Insomnia, Death Anxiety, and Fear of the Unknown

Autor/inn/en	Harrison, Gregory E.; Van Haneghan, James P.
Titel	The Gifted and the Shadow of the Night: Dabrowski's Overexcitabilities and Their Correlation to Insomnia, Death Anxiety, and Fear of the Unknown
Quelle	In: Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 34 (2011) 4, S.669-697 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3532
DOI	10.1177/016235321103400407
Schlagwörter	Academically Gifted; Fantasy; Death; Adolescents; Measures (Individuals); Relaxation Training; Fear; Anxiety; Correlation; Middle School Students; High School Students; Questionnaires; Personality Traits; Sleep; Social Development; Emotional Development; Bibliotherapy; Games; Counseling + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fantasie; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Messdaten; Entspannungstraining; Furcht; Angst; Korrelation; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Fragebogen; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Schlaf; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Bibliotherapie; Game; Spiel; Spiele; Counselling; Beratung
Abstract	Purportedly fear of the unknown, death anxiety, and insomnia are prevalent problems among some gifted individuals. The present study tested this assertion and examined the relationship of these variables to Dabrowski's (1967) overexcitabilities. The study involved 73 gifted and 143 typical middle and high school adolescents who were given a death anxiety questionnaire, a fear of the unknown scale, an insomnia scale, and the Overexcitabilities Questionnaire II (R. F. Falk, S. Lind, N. B. Miller, M. M. Piechowski & L. K. Silverman, 1999). Gifted adolescents reported higher levels of fear of the unknown and insomnia than regular students. They also scored higher on three of Dabrowski's overexcitabilities. Higher levels of overexcitability in gifted students were associated with higher anxiety and insomnia. The results suggest that some gifted students who are experiencing overexcitabilities, insomnia, fear of the unknown, and/or death anxiety may benefit from curriculum aimed at social and emotional development, bibliotherapy, fantasy gaming, relaxation techniques, and counseling. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10