Baum, S.M., Owen, S.V. & Oreck, B.A. (1996) Talent beyond words: Identification of potential talent in dance and music in elementary students. Gifted Child Quarterly, 40 (2), 93-101. [See under Music]

 

Hemery, D. (1991) Sporting Excellence: What Makes a Champion? London: Collins Willow. (796/H488s, 1991) [See under Identification]

 

Van Rossum, J.H.A. & van der Loo, H. (1997) Gifted athletes and complexity of family structure: A condition for talent development? High Ability Studies, 8 (1), 19-30.

"In a recent study, Csikszentmihalyi, Rathunde and Whalen (1993) report on the significance of the family structure for the career of the talented adolescent. They suggested that a functional family structure is one that is both integrated (cohesive and stable) and differentiated (able to adapt and change when necessary). This finding was not replicated in Dutch samples in the field of athletics. First of all, compared to a matched sample of 'normal' athletes, talented athletes did not regard their families as more integrated and differentiated. Further, no differences were found between two samples of parents of each of the athletes' samples. The Dutch results severely question the generalizability of the US findings." (p.19)

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