Many studies of gifted individuals emphasize the unique attributes that characterize giftedness and the intensity that gifted individuals bring to their interactions with people and the events in their lives. Gifted individuals self-perceptions of these characteristics and intensities influence how they address their innate drive to achieve. Few studies have focused on gifted adults self-perceptions. Of the studies that exist, most focus on perceptions of giftedness related to career and life success, while little is known about how these self-perceptions impact on later academic...