| Title: |
Academic Motivation in Gifted-Only and Twice-Exceptional Elementary Students With ADHD or Specific Learning Disorder: A Differential Portrait Based on the Self-Determination Theory and Gender Differences |
| Authors: |
Ba, Anna; Dumas, Clémence; François-Sévigny, Juliette; Hui, Océane; Cloutier, Mélianne; Lelièvre, Gabrielle; Pilon, Mathieu |
| Contributors: |
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council; the University of Sherbrooke |
| Source: |
Journal for the Education of the Gifted ; ISSN 0162-3532 2162-9501 |
| Publisher Information: |
SAGE Publications |
| Publication Year: |
2026 |
| Description: |
Little is known about the academic motivation of twice-exceptional students, although it represents a protective factor for academic success. Guided by Self-Determination Theory, this study investigated academic motivation among gifted-only and twice-exceptional students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or a specific learning disorder (SLD), considering parent and student perspectives as well as student gender. Participants were 214 Canadian parents ( M age = 41.09; 93.50% mothers) of gifted-only and twice-exceptional elementary school students, and 103 of those students ( M age = 9.50; 62.10% boys) who completed online questionnaires. Twice-exceptional students reported lower levels of intrinsic motivation, integrated regulation, and self-efficacy than gifted-only students. Twice-exceptional girls showed higher levels of intrinsic motivation and identified regulation and lower levels of amotivation than twice-exceptional boys. These findings highlight the presence of a gender-masking effect on academic motivation among twice-exceptional students with ADHD or SLD, emphasizing the necessity of examining academic motivation through a gender-specific perspective within this population. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1177/01623532261433004 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1177/01623532261433004; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/01623532261433004; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/01623532261433004 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.23F72AD1 |
| Database: |
BASE |