article = {PDR-2020-3-103}
title = {Stress, Anxiety & Mental Health Problems in Gifted Adolescents}
journal = {Psychological Disorders and Research}
year = {2020}
issn = {2674-2470}
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.PDR.2020.03.03}
url = {https://www.sciencerepository.org/stress-anxiety-and-mental-health-problems-in-gifted-adolescents_PDR-2020-3-103 
author = {A.  Alexopoulou ,A.  Batsou ,Athanasios  Drigas,}
keywords = { Stress, anxiety, depression, suicidal behaviour, perfectionism, overexcitabilities, peer acceptance}
abstract ={There has been an open-ended, continuing argumentation whether giftedness is associated with excessive
stress burden or mental disorders. Various literature reviews and research articles exist on the subject,
however, there has been little outcome concerning direct comparisons among gifted and non-gifted young
people. Contemporary research still presents findings which support both views. In the present review, there
has been made an attempt to provide a scientific perspective of research related to emotional problems
and/or mental disorders of gifted adolescents. We included research concerning depression and suicidal
behaviour, and studies which offer ample evidence on the way stress and anxiety are created, and function
in gifted young people. We rather concentrated on research and articles focusing on examining gifted young
adolescents in comparison with the general, non-gifted population of the same age. The present review has
been limited to research published within the past twenty years (2000-2019).
}