A Comparison of Gifted and NonGifted Students’ School Life Quality and Peer Relations

In the present study gifted and talented students' school life quality and peer relations were compared with those of average students. The study was carried out with 100 fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students who were attending two private schools in a city located in the northern part of Turkey. The School Life Quality Scale and the Peer Relations Scale were used to collect data. The findings showed that gifted and talented students' school life quality was statistically lower than that of their nongifted peers; however, there was no statistical difference between the two groups in terms of their peer relationships. A standard multiple regression analysis yielded that %21.7 of the variation in students' school life quality was explained by giftedness, gender, grade level, age, and participation in extracurricular activities. Furthermore, a stepwise regression produced that %26.1 of the variation in students' school life quality was explained by gender, giftedness, participation in extracurricular activities, peer relations, and age, respectively.