The Relationship between Parental Attitudes and Self Perception of the Children Who Are Nominated as Gifted Children

摘要

In this study, we examined the relationship between the parental attitudes and self perception of the children who are nominated as giftedchildren. We included 3rd grade primary school students (240 children) and their parents in the study. We used the Wechsler IntelligenceScale for Children-Revised, the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale and the Parental Attitude Scale in order to collect the data.Student-t and one-way analysis of variance tests were used to analyze the data and the correlation between the scores of the scales wereevaluated. Conclusively, we state that the self perception of the children is affected by the family structure and the education level of themothers and fathers. Furthermore, there is a significant association between the attitudes of the parents (democratic, authoritarian andpermissive attitudes) and the perception of children regarding the happiness, popularity, compliance, physical appearance and school status