The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) was adminis were identified by a national talent search and attended a summer program in precalculus. Results indicated that these students were significantly better adjusted than the adolescent normative group for the instrument Gender, grade level, and verbal abilities were not related to adjustment scores. The scores obtained by the most gifted students were not significantly different from scores obtained by the rest of the sample.
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