Experimental study on Quality of Life and Overload in families caring for gifted children
- Evaristo Barrera-Algarín
- Rocío Martínez-Fernández
- Ana Vallejo-Andrada
- Teresa Fernández-Reyes
ISSN: 1696-0270, 2340-4973
Year of publication: 2025
Issue: 27
Pages: 1-33
Type: Article
More publications in: Anduli: revista andaluza de ciencias sociales
Abstract
La literatura científica y las investigacio-nes previas muestran que las familias de niños superdotados tienden a compensar los déficits en la satisfacción de las nece-sidades educativas del grupo, haciendo uso de multitud de recursos y actividades extraescolares. El objetivo de este estudio es cuantificar y medir la cantidad de estas actividades curriculares y su impacto en la calidad de vida de las familias de niños superdotados en comparación con las fa-milias de niños no superdotados. La meto-dología es una encuesta experimental en la que participan 160 familias de Sevilla: 80 familias con niños superdotados (gru-po experimental) y 80 familias con niños no superdotados (grupo de control). Los resultados muestran que los niños super-dotados asisten a casi el doble de activi-dades extraescolares por semana que sus compañeros no superdotados, y el coste para sus familias es cuatro veces mayor. Las madres de los niños superdotados consideran que esto va en detrimento de su calidad de vida y sobrecarga su tiempo libre, según las escalas GENCAT y ZARIT.
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