Contemporary giftedness research in France and EuropeVol. 125, 2025/2 - pages Front matter Editorial. Cultural specificities in giftedness research Beyond Intelligence: The Role of Self-Perceptions and Self-Regulated Learning in the Academic Success of Gifted Students Students’ Cognitive Ability and Its Relationship with Academic Achievement and Motivation: Do Gender and Cognitive Ability Level Make a Difference? Does the Labelling of Intellectual Giftedness Shape Adolescents’ friendship expectations? How do parents perceive the socialization of their gifted children? An individual differences approach based on the Social Information Processing model. What prompts adults to be tested for intellectual giftedness, and what kinds of psychopathological disorders could they have? Back matter