PERFEKCIONIZAM, ISPITNA ANKSIOZNOST I AKADEMSKO SAMOPOIMANJE DAROVITIH GIMNAZIJALACA
PERFECTIONISM, TEST ANXIETY AND ACADEMIC SELF-CONCEPT OF GIFTED HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study was to examine whether intellectually gifted high school students differ from their non-gifted peers regarding academic achievement, perfectionism, test anxiety and academic self-concept, and to establish significant predictors of academic achievement. Second and third grade students (N = 364) from two high schools in Rijeka were participants in the study. Their intellectual abilities were tested with an intelligence test (Kulenovi} & @ebec, 1998). Subjects also completed an adapted version of Academic self-concept questionnaire (Grgin & Lackovi}-Grgin, 1989a) and Test anxiety scale (Kolić-Vehovec, 1988). An adapted version of the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (Frost et al., 1990) was selected to measure perfectionism. Analysis indicated that the scale measures four aspects of perfectionism: Neurotic perfectionism, Organisation, Parental pressure and Personal standards. The results showed that gifted high school students did not accomplish higher academic achievements than their non-gifted peers.

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