Papandreou Alexandros, Mavrogalou Alkistis, Periferakis Aristodemos-Theodoros, Periferakis Argyrios, Badarau Ioana Anca, Popa-Velea Ovidiu, Scheau Cristian
Elkyda, Research & Education Centre of Charismatheia, 17675 Athens, Greece.
Department of Physiology, The "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
Children (Basel). 2023 Apr 10;10(4):706. doi: 10.3390/children10040706.
Gifted children exhibit advanced cognitive abilities, usually beyond their emotional development, which puts them at higher risk of the negative consequences of isolation. This study investigates the effects of distance learning and home confinement on the emotional and social stability, motivation, and attitudes of gifted and non-gifted children in Greece. Our study includes two subsets, from before (September 2017 to March 2020) and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2020 to March 2022). The analysis indicated that home confinement and distance learning caused children to create a stronger attachment with their parents, and it increased the involvement of parents in their child's school experience. Non-gifted children displayed high levels of certain attitudes (perfectionism, desire for acceptance, and condescending behavior) and demonstrated elevated motivation. Gifted children in the pre-COVID-19 period had already displayed increased levels of condescending attitude, which is assumed to be the result of already existing expectations from their parents. The pandemic further increased this attitude, as a result of the higher expectations of their parents. Overall, the study highlighted the importance of children to have more than one support system and the need for them to strengthen their self-image.
天才儿童表现出先进的认知能力，通常超出他们的情感发展水平，这使他们面临更高的孤立负面影响风险。本研究调查了远程学习和居家隔离对希腊天才儿童和非天才儿童的情绪和社会稳定性、动机及态度的影响。我们的研究包括两个子集，一个是在（2017年9月至2020年3月）之前，另一个是在新冠疫情爆发后（2020年4月至2022年3月）。分析表明，居家隔离和远程学习使孩子们与父母建立了更强的依恋关系，并增加了父母对孩子学校生活的参与度。非天才儿童表现出较高水平的某些态度（完美主义、渴望被接受和居高临下的行为），并表现出更高的动机。新冠疫情前的天才儿童已经表现出较高水平的居高临下态度，这被认为是其父母已有期望的结果。由于父母的更高期望，疫情进一步加剧了这种态度。总体而言，该研究强调了儿童拥有多个支持系统的重要性以及他们强化自我形象的必要性。
