Comparing the Parental Raring Styles of the Gifted Children's Families and the Normal Children's Families and Their Relation with the Scholastic Adjustment in Jordan

Abstract

This research aims to compare the parental raring styles of the gifted children families with the normal children's families and their relation with the scholastic adjustment in Jordan. Study population consisted of the fifth basic grade children in the southern governorates in Jordan (Karak, Ma'an and Aqaba), study sample reached (345) male and female children. Parental raring styles scale and the scholastic adjustment scales were prepared and applied to the research sample. After treating the data with the relevant statistical methods, the results showed the dominance of the autonomic parental raring style of the gifted children families over the normal children families attribute to some of the personal and behavioral characteristics of the gifted children that distinguish them from their normal peers. Also the results showed the presence of differences with statistical significance at the scholastic adjustment between the gifted children and their normal peers in favor of the gifted children group, and the presence of differences with statistical significance attribute to the child's status on a number of the sub-dimensions on the scholastic adjustment scale, the differences in the (child's relation with his peers) dimension were in favor of the gifted children, and the differences on the (child's relation with the school's system) dimension were in favor of the gifted children. Also, the differences on the child's relation with the scholastic activities) dimensions were in favor of the gifted students.

Keywords: Parental Raring Styles, Gifted Students, normal students, Scholastic Adjustment.