CORRELATION ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LEVEL OF GIFTEDNESS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND ADAPTATION OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
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Author(s): | Antipova R. A., |
| Number of journal: | 2(75) | Date: | June 2026 |
| Annotation: | The relevance of the study is due to the insufficient study of the relationship between intellectual and creative giftedness and academic performance and adaptation of students at a university college, a specific educational institution that combines general education and professional training for students aged 15-18. The purpose of the study is to conduct a correlation analysis of the relationship between the level of giftedness, academic performance, and adaptation of students at a university college. The study involved 101 firstand second-year students. The following methods were used: the Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices test (SPM), the E. P. Torrance Verbal Battery Test, the Adaptation Assessment Questionnaire, and academic performance data (average grade for the last midterm exam). Statistical analysis included the calculation of the Spearman rank correlation coefficient. A moderate positive correlation was found between intelligence and academic performance (p = 0.47, p < 0.01). Creative giftedness is not associated with academic performance (p = 0.05 and –0.04, p > 0.05). No statistically significant correlations were found between the indicators of giftedness and the three adaptation scales (academic, social, and psychological), and only a tendency towards a negative relationship between originality and academic adaptation was observed (p = –0.18, p ≈ 0.06). Academic performance does not correlate with adaptation (p from –0.10 to 0.16, p > 0.05). The hypotheses about the relationship between intelligence and academic performance and the lack of relationship between creative giftedness and academic performance were confirmed. The hypotheses about the relationship between giftedness and adaptation and academic performance and adaptation were not confirmed. Thus, intelligence is the main predictor of academic performance among university college students, while creative giftedness does not directly affect academic grades and is not related to adaptation. The results can be used to individualize the psychological and pedagogical support of gifted students in the secondary vocational education system. | ||
| Keywords: | giftedness, intelligence, creative thinking, divergent thinking, academic performance, university college, correlation analysis, social adaptation, psychological adaptation, academic adaptation |
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| For citation: | Antipova R. A. Correlation analysis of the relationship between the level of giftedness and academic performance and adaptation of university college students. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2026;2(75):539—544. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2026.75.1658. |
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