Behavioral Profiles of Clinically Referred Children with Intellectual Giftedness

Table 2

Mean CBCL scores and subscores across “gifted” and “control” groups. All comparisons showed significant differences for 𝑃<0.001.

	Gifted	Controls
	𝑛=143
TS	44.0±21.3	24.7±17.1
IP	16.0±8.8	9.2±7.2
EP	16.0±9.6	8.6±6.9
WI	4.2±2.7	2.7±2.3
SC	2.8±2.7	1.5±2.1
AD	9.0±5.7	5.0±4.5
SP	3.9±3.0	2.1±2.4
TP	1.5±1.9	0.5±0.9
AP	6.6±4.1	4.3±3.6
DB	3.4±2.4	1.7±1.6
AB	12.5±7.4	5.9±6.9

TS: total score; IP: internalized problems; EP: externalized problems; WI: withdrawn; SC: somatic complaints; AD: anxious/depressed; SP: social problems; TP: thought problems; AP: attention problems; DB: delinquent behaviour; AB: aggressive behaviour.