摘要：The world has seen many gifted and talented individuals whose ideas transcend their own life span. These ideas leave profound marks in many spheres of life, ranging from the sciences to economics, fine arts to health, and spirituality to leadership. This study examines domains of empathy (understanding others, helping others, developing others potential, service orientation, leveraging diversity, political awareness, and caring) which are important in leadership development among gifted and talented students in Malaysia (n=240). The study used a survey method and data was collected using an instrument called Malaysian Emotional Quotient Inventory (MEQI). Findings from the study show that all domains of empathy correlate positively with leadership skills. The r values for all correlations are from 0.253 to 0.788 (p < 0.01). Empathy domains that have the strong correlation with leadership skills are political awareness, followed by leveraging diversity, developing other's potential, caring and helping others. However, findings from the study also show that the r value for service orientation is low. Implication towards counselling services in developing leadership skills among gifted and talented students is also discussed.
关键词：Gifted and talented;adolescents;empathy;leadership
