Psycho-Social Correlates of Giftedness Among Deprived Minority Children

This study examines some social-psychological correlates, i.e., achievement motivation, creativity, intelligence, and scholastic achievement of deprived gifted Muslim minority children. The subjects (N=200) forming four subgroups, (1) culturally deprived­ economically high, (2) culturally high-economically low, (3) culturally advantaged-economically high, and (4) culturally advantaged­ economically low, were administered tests measuring the factors mentioned above. Findings revealed that the culturally disadvantaged­ economically high group scored higher than its advantaged counterparts. However, the culturally advantaged-economically high group scored better than its deprived counterpart. The interrelationships among different scores of two groups obtained by correlation coefficient showed different trends. The results were interpreted in terms of impact of environmental settings and economic conditions on individuals' social psychological growth.