Self Efficacy and Mental Health of Gifted and Normal Students

his study aimed to compare self efficacy and mental health of gifted and normal students. Two randomly selected samples of 60 gifted and 60 normal students completed the Raven’s Progressive Matrices test, a student efficacy questionnaire, and the General Health questionnaire. Results showed a significant relationship between mental health and the factors of effort, aptitude, and attitude. But the relationship between mental health and the chance factor was not significant. Furthermore, there were no significant differences between the two groups of normal and gifted students, in terms of their attitudes and social dysfunctioning. Also, no gender differences in self-efficacy were present.