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October 9, 2025Gifted Child Quarterly

High-Ability Students’ Perceptions of Underachievement

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ODOphélie Allyssa DesmetNPNielsen Pereira

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Inductive analysis reveals that motivation and environmental factors contribute to underachievement in high-ability students.

Key Points

  • Underachievement is perceived as stemming from various environmental and intrapersonal factors, influencing academic performance.
  • A total of 253 high-ability middle and high school students participated, revealing a complex interplay of motivations and environmental influences.
  • The analysis involved an inductive approach to understand the perception of underachievement among high-ability students.
  • Findings suggest that the complexity of motivational factors require tailored strategies in educational practices for high-ability students.

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Desmet et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e70dab90569dd607ee5f6ahttps://doi.org/10.1177/00169862251370386
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