The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between parents' rearing attitudes perceived by gifted and self-determination motivations.
A total of 1,915 gifted students in the elementary gifted programs participated in this study. D...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between parents' rearing attitudes perceived by gifted and self-determination motivations.
A total of 1,915 gifted students in the elementary gifted programs participated in this study. Descriptive statistics, two-way analysis of variances, Pearson correlations, and multiple regression were used for data analysis. As a result, there were differences in parent's rearing attitudes by grade and gender.
The 5th grade gifted students perceived that their parents showed them more 'harmony', 'involvement', and 'freedom' than others grade gifted students.
Female gifted students perceived that their parents showed more 'harmony' and 'involvement' than male gifted students.
There were significant differences in self-determination motivations by grade and gender.
The 6th grade gifted students showed more 'external regulation' and 'introjected regulation' than other grade gifted students. While, the 4th grade gifted students showed more 'identified regulation' and 'intrinsic regulation'. Male gifted students showed more extrinsic motivation but female gifted children showed more intrinsic motivation.
Statistically significant relationships were found in parent's rearing attitudes and gifted students' self-determinations. Parent's support and stimulation influenced positively intrinsic motivation of gifted students' self-determination, but influenced negative impacts on extrinsic motivation.