This article is an overview of the empirical literature on personality dimensions of gifted individuals. The literature review is focused around four key issues: differences between gifted individuals and same-age nongifted individuals; differences between gifted individuals and chronologically order, nongifted individuals; differences between gifted males and gifted females; differences between gifted achievers and under-achievers.
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