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The long parental interviews in their own homes disclosed that the labelled gifted children with emotional difficulties had significantly (p<1%) more problematic domestic circumstances, such as parental divorce or experiences which would disturb most children.
One cannot imply that the distinctly higher level of emotional and behavioural problems measured in these labelled gifted children were caused by their parent�s pressure on them. One can only report that this in-depth investigation discovered significantly more disturbing features in the home lives of the more problematic gifted children when compared with those of the non-disturbed equally gifted children. Using both the Stamford-Binet IQ and the Raven�s scores along with the rated data from the interviewing it was possible to see that it was not intelligence as such that caused these disturbances, but other matters in the children�s lives, (e.g. divorce, moving home frequently), and parental attitudes to their children�s upbringing (e.g. TV, homework, punishment, parental behaviour and beliefs). When asked why they had joined the NAGC (UK) for their children, most parents cited the children�s problems as typical of giftedness. The gifts often got the blame. Fortunately, as the children grew up and became more independent, most of these problems disappeared,
