Journal of Gifted/Talented Education (영재교육연구)

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Differences in Personality Characteristics between Gifted and Normal Children

영재아동과 일반아동의 성격 특성의 차이 분석

  • Published : 2004.06.01
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Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out differences in personality characteristics between gifted and normal children and also to find out differences in personality characteristics between gifted boys and gifted girls. Three hundred and forty-five children(108 gifted children, 237 normal children), who were forth to sixth grade children, were taken the Children's NEO Personality Inventory(Big five traits and 17 facets). The results were as follos; 1. There are statistically significant differences in personality characteristics between the gifted and the normal children. The gifted children have higher tendency of openness, extraversion, conscientiousness, lower neuroticism than the normal children. There is no difference in agreeableness between the gifted and the normal children. In the subfactors(facets) of neuroticism, the gifted children have lower tendency of anxiety, hostility, depression, shyness, attention deficit than the normal children. In the subfactors of extraversion, the gifted children have higher tendency of assertiveness, gregariousness, cheerfulness than the normal children. In the subfactors of openness, the gifted children have higher tendency of fantasy, creativity, physical activity, high intellectual ability, flexibility, reactivity than the normal children. In the subfactors of agreeableness, the gifted were more warmth and altruism than the normal children. In the subfactors of conscientiousness, the gifted children have higher tendency of competence, achievement motivation, deliberation, dutifulness than the normal children. 2. There were no statistically significant differences in personality characteristics between the gifted girls and the gifted boys. In the subfactors of neuroticism the gifted boys have higher tendency of shyness than the gifted girls. In the of subfactors of extraversion, the gifted boys have lower tendency of sensation- seeking than the gifted girls. In the subfactors of openness, the gifted boys have higher tendency of intellectual ability than the gifted girls.

본 연구는 영재아동과 일반아동의 성격 특성의 차이와 영재아동의 성별에 따른 성격 특성의 차이를 알아보는 것이다. 부산광역시에 소재하고 있는 2개 초등학교 4-6학년에 재학 중인 아동 237명과 초등학교 4-6학년에 재학 중인 아동 중 담임교사를 통해 학교에서의 성취(집단지능검사나 학업성취 등)가 상위 5% 이내이거나, 교사가 영재로 지목한 학생들을 K-WISC-III를 실시하여 IQ지수가 130이 넘은 아동 108명을 대상으로 5요인 아동용 성격검사를 실시하였다. 연구 결과, 첫째, 영재아동과 일반아동은 신경증, 외향성, 개방성, 성실성에서 큰 차이를 보였으나 친화성은 별 차이가 없었다. 둘째, 영재여아와 영재남아는 성격 측면에서 두드러진 차이를 보이지 않았다. 그러나 하위 요인에서 영재남아는 신경증의 하위요인인 수줍음(위축)과 개방성의 하위요인인 영리성이 영재여아보다 유의미하게 높았고, 외향성의 하위요인인 자극추구성은 유의미하게 낮았다. 이러한 연구 결과는 아동의 정서적 안정이나 적극성, 열정, 그리고 사물과 상황을 바라보는 개방적인 사고와 높은 성취욕구와 유능감 등이 영재아동의 두드러진 특서이라 할 수 있으며 영재아동의 잠재력을 최대한 발휘할 수 있는 교수-학습 프로그램을 구성하기 위해서는 성의 차이를 고려하기보다는 개개인의 성격 차이를 고려하여야 함을 시사한다.

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