Self-concept, achievement and occupation in gifted Taiwanese adolescents

✍ Scribed by Chih-Chuan Kao; Diane Hammon Kellegrew

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 45 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0966-7903
• DOI: 10.1002/oti.112

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The education of gifted adolescents that underachieve is a significant problem that impacts on the child's educational opportunities and possible career trajectory. Many researchers propose that a child's self‐concept is predictive of academic achievement. Using an occupational science paradigm, this study examined the notion that an adolescent's self‐concept and academic achievement are also related to the types and time expended in occupation. Eighteen gifted achieving and under‐achieving Taiwanese junior high school students completed the Multidimensional Self‐concept Scale and a time diary for one week in the summer. The results indicated that self‐concept, achievement and time expended in academic occupations are positively related. Furthermore, there are differences between these two groups of students in the time expended in academic and social activities. The study has cross‐cultural implications regarding the time use of young Taiwanese teens. Copyright © 2000 Whurr Publishers Ltd.