Personality & Gifted Family Summary

Personalities and Viewpoints Can Be Problematic for Gifted Children’s Outcomes

I’ve laid out information about Parenting Styles and Myers-Briggs Personality Type Preferences for both the parents and the now-grown gifted children in my longitudinal study from The 5 Levels of Gifted Children Grown Up: What They Tell Us (2023).

The study includes the topic of viewpoints, that is, how the parent and the child see an issue. For example, the different viewpoints and personalities of the parents have an impact on the way the parents seek out or provide supportive environments for their children. At the same time, sometimes the children see things differently. Even when the children agree with their parents, a mismatch between their personalities can lead to anxiety, stress, and disappointment on one side or the other. And, finally, the effects of socio- economics are considered as an additional factor in outcomes.

The Interaction of Teacher and Parent Viewpoints with Personality Type Preferences

As we see in Tables 13 and 14 (presented elsewhere numerous times), differences in personality type preference between teachers, parents, and students affect the students’ educational experience.

I think this is an overlooked issue…