Journal of Gifted/Talented Education (영재교육연구)

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A Comparison of the Overexcitabilities: In Gifted and Non-gifted Korean Primary-School Children

한국 초등학교 영재아와 일반아의 과흥분성 비교

  • Published : 2009.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the 5 OEs of Korean gifted elementary students and non-gifted and to find out the gender difference in gifted and non-gifted to clarify the best predictor of giftedness in gender group. The total subjects of this study were 372 Korean third, fourth, and fifth grade elementary school children. One hundred sixty six children of them belonged to a gifted group, and 206 were non-gifted group. Two hundreds one out of 372 subjects were boys and 171 were girls. The Overexcitability Questionnaire II(OEQII) used in this study was developed by Falk, Lind, Miller, Piechowski, & Silverman in 1999. The OEQ II is consisted of 50 Likert-type items, classified into five subscale: psychomotor, sensual, imaginational, intellectual, and emotional. And it was translated into Korean. It was administered in group sessions during the winter of 2008. Data were analyzed with SPSSWin 12.0. MANOVA was conducted to determine statistical differences by giftedness and by gender. The results revealed that the level of 5 OEs of gifted elementary children was higher than non-gifted(normal) children. The intellectual OE showed the most powerful explanation among the 5 forms of OEs. This study also found the gender difference within the gifted group as well as with the whole subjects. The mean scores of sensual, imaginational and emotional OEs were higher in girls than in boys. Based on the gender difference within the gifted group and the whole group, it is assumed that imaginational OE may be the best predictor of gifted girls among school-age children.

본 연구의 목적은 과흥분성에 있어서 초등학교 영재아와 일반아 사이에 차이가 있는 지, 그리고 남학생과 여학생 사이에도 차이가 있는지를 알아보기 위한 것이다. 연구대상은 초등학교 3, 4, 5학년 372명이었으며, 그 중 166명은 영재아 집단이고 206명은 일반아 집단이었다. 남학생은 201명, 여학생은 171명이었다. 검사도구는 1999년에 Falk와 그 동료들이 개발한 Overexcitability Questionnaire II (OEQ II)를 번역해서 사용했다. OEQ II는 심체적, 감각적, 상상적, 지적탐구, 감성적 등 의 5개 영역에서 각각 10문항씩 50개의 Likert-type 문항이다. 2008년 겨울에 연구대상자들을 집단검사로 실시했으며, 영재성과 성에 있어서 차이가 있는지를 알아보기 위한 통계처리는 MANOVA를 사용했다. 결론적으로 초등학교 영재아들은 일반아보다 과흥분성이 5개 영역에서 모두 높았으며, 그 중에저도 지적탐구 영역이 가장 큰 차이를 보였다. 남학생과 여학생들 사이에도 과흥분정에 차이가 있었으며, 여학생들이 남학생보다 감각적, 상상적, 감성적 영역에서 높게 나타났다. 그러나 일반아 집단 내에서는 여학생이 감각적 영역과 감성적 영역에서만 남학생보다 높게 나타났다. 영재아 집단 내에서의 남녀 차이 결과에 따르면 살상적 과흥분성이 초등학교 여학생 영재를 가장 잘 예견할 수 있는 것으로 여겨진다.

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