Work, Relationships, and Balance in the Lives of Gifted Women


 

Publication Date: January 1990

Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Author(s): Diane T. Shuster

Research Area: Population and demographics

Keywords: American Jews; Gender; Occupation

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Quantitative and qualitative data from 35 women were used to assess how women identified as gifted in the 1950s have experienced giftedness and competence in the personal and interpersonal domains of their lives. Analyses of extensive interview data provided new insights to the experience and meaning of work for gifted women.