Students in one entering class at a Midwestern residential school for gifted and talented adolescents ( N = 156) took three instruments: the Self‐Description Questionnaire III (SDQIII; Marsh, 1988), the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for Adolescents (MMPI‐A; Butcher, Williams, Graham, Archer, Tellegen, Ben‐Porath, & Kaemmer, 1992), and the Self‐Perception Profile for Adolescents (SPPA; Harter, 1988) in order to determine the psychological makeup of academically gifted students who are admitted to and leave home to attend a residential school. Scores from the SDQIII were cluster analyzed using Ward's hierarchical method. Clusters were validated using data from the MMPI‐A and the SPPA. Results indicated six different cluster groups that were described as follows: a mathematics focus (21%); a social focus (18%); a nonathletic group (21%); a low overall self‐concept group (16%); a verbal group (9%); and a nonspiritual/religious group (14%). Characteristics of the clusters and implications for residential schools are discussed.
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