Time Perspective of Gifted High School Students in Wartime Conditions

- Бєльська, Н.А. (orcid.org/0000-0003-0697-3973) and Мельник, Марина Юріївна (orcid.org/0000-0001-6581-5129) (2025) Time Perspective of Gifted High School Students in Wartime Conditions Pedagogical innovation: ideas, realities, perspectives, 2 (35). pp. 54-66. ISSN 2413-4139

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Abstract

The study examines the time perspective profiles of gifted high school students in the context of wartime adversity. Grounded in the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI), the research aims to identify specific temporal orientations among gifted adolescents and to explore how these orientations relate to coping strategies, academic performance, cognitive resources under conditions of prolonged war. The findings demonstrate that gifted adolescents are characterized by a more distinct Future orientation and a stronger Positive Past orientation compared to their non-gifted peers. These temporal orientations were significantly associated with constructive coping strategies, including problem-focused, analytic-reflective, creative-developmental, and socially supportive coping. Future orientation also correlated positively with academic achievement and self-evaluated creativity, underscoring its role as a cognitive-motivational resource fostering persistence, goal-setting, and self-regulation in challenging circumstances. Conversely, dominance of Negative Past and Present Fatalistic orientations showed consistent positive associations with avoidance, distancing, self-blame, and other maladaptive coping strategies across both groups. These orientations were also negatively related to indicators of cognitive functioning. Notably, the status of prize-winner vs non-prize-winner within the gifted group showed no significant impact on time perspective, confirming its relative stability as a personality construct independent of situational academic success. Overall, the results highlight that gifted adolescents exhibit a more adaptive, resilient temporal profile, which serves as a protective psychological resource in wartime conditions. The study emphasizes the importance of fostering Future-oriented thinking as a pathway for enhancing resilience, constructive coping, and effective self-regulation among adolescents facing prolonged stress and uncertainty.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	giftedness; gifted students; time perspective; coping strategies; war; gifted education support.
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 1 Philosophy. Psychology Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 373 Kinds of school providing general education Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 376 Education, teaching, training of special groups of persons. Special schools > 376.5 Виховання та освіта обдарованих дітей, вундеркіндів.
Divisions:	Institute of the gifted child > Giftedness Diagnostics Department
Depositing User:	н.с. Олена Василівна Онопченко
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2026 17:29
Last Modified:	27 Jan 2026 17:29
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/748272

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