This study explores how secondary school students perceive high-performing potential classmates. A total of 1,794 seventh- and 10th-grade students from five countries completed a questionnaire measuring their expectations of hypothetical male and female high-performing classmates in three categories: intellectual ability, positive social qualities, and popularity. Across the five countries represented in this study, analyses of variance indicated that students did not report negative attitudes toward the three potential characteristics of a hypothetical gifted peer. Vietnamese students in particular reported more positive observations about the hypothetical classmate than their Australian, Peruvian, South Korean, and Spanish counterparts. Differing cross-national attitudes toward high-performing peers and the implications therein are discussed.

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青少年对潜在高绩效同学的认知：一项跨国探索

本研究探讨中学生如何看待高绩效的潜在同学。来自五个国家的 1,794 名七年级和十年级学生完成了一份问卷，衡量他们对假设的优秀男女同学的期望，分为三类：智力、积极的社会素质和受欢迎程度。在本研究中代表的五个国家中，方差分析表明学生没有报告对假设的天才同伴的三个潜在特征的消极态度。与澳大利亚、秘鲁、韩国和西班牙同行相比，越南学生尤其对假设的同学报告了更积极的观察。讨论了不同国家对高绩效同行的不同态度及其影响。