Talented Teenagers: The Roots of Success and Failure
- ISBN-10
- 0521574633
- ISBN-13
- 9780521574631
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 307
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Kevin Rathunde, Samuel Whalen
Description
The findings in this book are the results of a monumental five-year study of a group of exceptionally talented teenagers, examining the role that personality traits, family interactions, education, and the social environment play in a young person's motivation to develop his or her talent. Diagrams.
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