Negative Self-Criticism and Refusal to Communicate and their Relationship to Irrational thoughts among Gifted Students at King Abdullah II Schools of Excellence

Abstract

The present study aimed to verify the existence of a correlational relationship to negative self-criticism and refusal to communicate with irrational thoughts among gifted students in King Abdullah II Schools of Excellence. To achieve the objectives of the study, the negative Self-Criticism Scale by (Gilbert, Clark, Hempel, Miles, & Irons, 2004) was translated, And the translation of refusal to communicate scale through: (Nafees, &Juhan, 2018; Huff, S., Anderson, Adamsons, & Tambling, 2017), and the translation of the scale of irrational thoughts (Gavita, & Duta, 2013). The psychometric properties of the validity, reliability and applying the scales on a sample of students in King Abdullah II Schools of Excellence. The sample consisted of (247) students. The results of the study concluded that there was a moderate level of negative self-criticism, refusal to communicate and irrational thoughts among gifted students, and that there was a positive correlation between negative self-criticism and refusal to communicate Irrational thoughts.