A comparative study of the relationship between basic psychological needs of self-determination and personal adjustment in gifted and normal students

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between basic psychological needs of self-determination and personal adjustment in gifted and normal students. To this end, 280 gifted and normal students using stratified sampling were selected to participate in this study. California Personality Inventory and the basic psychological needs scale were used as the research instrument. The results revealed that self-determination in normal students is more than of self-determination in gifted students, but in terms of personal adjustment, they were not significantly different from each other. There was a significant relationship between personal adjustment and self-determination in students. However, the results of stepwise regression analysis showed revealed that only relatedness and competence were useful in the model and can be considered as predictors of personal adjustment.