Gifted sixth‐grade girls: Similarities and differences in attitudes among gifted girls, non‐gifted peers, and their mothers

Abstract

This study examined the attitudes, attributes, and preferences of preadolescent girls and their mothers to study issues regarding choices in gender‐based matters and careers. The subjects were sixth‐grade girls, 36 in a gifted program, and 34 in the regular education program, and their mothers. The four inventories used with the daughter‐mother pairs indicated statistically significant findings between non‐gifted and gifted daughters on the AWS, between daughters and their mothers on the FOS, among all four groups on the OCL might choose section, and between daughters and mothers on the OCL would not choose section.

Key Words:

• gifted females
• career counseling