Document Type : Original Article
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Professor of Home Economics Extension Department of Home Economics Faculty of Agriculture Alexandria University
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Professor of Maternal, Child and Family Care Department of Home Economics Faculty of Agriculture Alexandria University
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Assistant Professor of Maternal, Child and Family Care Department of Home Economics Faculty of Agriculture Alexandria University
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PhD student Maternal, Child and Family Care Department of Home Economics Faculty of Agriculture Alexandria University
Abstract
The real wealth of nations emerges from their ability to develop the natural abilities of their sons, and benefit from them. Talented members of society are the leaders of the development procession, especially in the era of current knowledge and technical revolution. From this point, this research aims mainly to study the personal and familial factors of a sample of talented adolescents who attend some cultural palaces in Alexandria, and its effect on the degree of their talent and their personal characteristics. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire was constructed to identify personal and family factors of the respondents, and two scales were built. One of which was to measure degree of talent based on the evaluation of the trainers and the other was to measure personal characteristics of the respondents. The study sample included the Anfoushi and Shatby palaces of culture. A sample of talented adolescents enrolled in activities within those palaces was selected, totaling 105 respondents. Descriptive-analytical approach was used in the study, and SPSS version 26 was used to perform the statistical transactions.
Results showed that most talented teens who attended palaces of culture were males, by 64.76% of the sample. The mean of their ages was 15.74 + 2.50 years. The vast majority were enrolled in government schools by 80.95%. 60.95% of respondents’ fathers and 59.05% of respondents’ mothers have a university education qualification. 52.38% of the mothers were housewives. Vast majority of respondents' families 80.0% followed a high or medium degree level of family encouragement of the talents of their sons. The results revealed that more than half of the talented respondents have a feeling of personal frustrations in a high and medium degree, by 21.90% and 34.29%, respectively, and they have a feeling of high and medium family frustrations at similar rates, by 27.62% for each. 55.24%, 22.86% of the respondents have a moderate or high degree of talent respectively according to the evaluation of their trainers. The evaluation depended on their behavioral characteristics. Also, results showed that most of the respondents 76.19% have a high level of self-esteem and a high level of social tendencies, responsibility, and rationality of behavior by 86.67%, 74.29%, and 67.19% respectively. More than half of the sample had a high level of independence and leadership characteristics by 65.71% and 57.14%, respectively. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that the school type, family frustrations, total monthly income, and the mother's employment level as independent variables had a significant effect on the degree of talent as a dependent variable. On the other hand, it was found that personal and family frustrations had a significant effect on the degree of the respondents’ personality characteristics as a dependent variable. The study recommends exerting more efforts to discover and care for talent through family and society for adolescents, in appreciation of the importance of talent and keenness to invest this age.
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