本研究的主要目的有三: (1)探討自我實現與創造性情意特質之間的關係;(2)探討資優班學生與普通班學生在自我實現與創造性情意特質上的差異情形;(3)發展一套適用於國內國小學生的自我實現評量工具。本研究對象為國小資優班學生與普遍班學生，樣本取自中部地區三所國小的三年級和五年級資優班與普通班各一班，共計365名學生。本研究使用的工俱為「少年自我實現量表」、「威廉斯創造性傾向量表」及「自我實現表現調查表」等三種。辭研究的主要發現如下: (1)自我實現與創造性情意特質之間有正向相關; (2)資優班學生的自我實現顯著優於普通班學生;(3)資優班學生的創造性情意特質顯著優於普通班學生。

　　　　　 The main purpose of this study was threefold: (1) to explore the relationship between self-actualization and creative affective traits; (2) to examine the differences on self-actualization and creative affective traits between gifted and average pupils; (3) to develop an useful instrument for measuring the self-actualization of elementary schools students in Taiwan. The subjects were 365 3rd and 5th graded pupils from three elementary schools in central Taiwan. The total was composed of six gifted special classes and six average classes. The instruments employed in this study were as follows: (1) The Inventory of Self-Actualizing Growth for Youth; (2) Test of Divergent Feeling; (3) The Survey of Teacher's Observations on Students' Self-Actualizing Growth. The major findings were: (1) There were positive relationships between self-actualizaion and creative affective traits; (2) The gifted students were higher than the average students on measures of self-actualizaiotn; (3) The gifted students were higher than the average students were higher than the average students n measures of creative affective traits.