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The study aimed to identify the psychometric properties of the Kuwaiti version of the Renzulli scale in measuring the behavioral characteristics of gifted students aged 10-15 years in Kuwait. To achieve the aim of the study, age-appropriate samples were taken from all grades. The sample consisted of (589) male and female students aged between 10-15 years. The descriptive/survey method was used to answer the study questions. To verify the validity of the scores on the Kuwaiti version of the Renzulli scale in measuring the behavioral characteristics of gifted students aged 10-15 years, construct validity and factor analysis were used. Also, to verify the reliability of the scores on the Kuwaiti version of the scale, test-retest reliability and internal consistency were used. The results indicated that the scale used measured what it was originally designed to measure in the Kuwaiti environment. The results also indicated that there were differences depending on the age variable between the fourth grade and the fifth grade and in favor of the fifth grade, and between the fourth grade and the ninth grade and in favor of the ninth grade, and the absence of differences between the fourth grade and the sixth and seventh grades, and the presence of differences between the fifth grade and the seventh grade and in favor of the grade. Fifth, and there were differences between the fifth and ninth grades in favor of the ninth grade, and there were no differences between the fifth and sixth grades. On the other hand, the results indicated that there were differences between the sixth grade and the ninth grade, in favor of the ninth grade, and between the seventh grade and the ninth grade, in favor of the ninth grade, and that there were no differences between the sixth grade and the seventh grade. To verify the reliability, the reliability coefficients extracted using the repetition method for the scale were used, and they reached (0.857) for the scale as a whole. The reliability coefficients extracted using the repetition method for the subdimensions of the scale ranged between (0.703 and 0.808), while the reliability coefficients extracted using the internal consistency method using the Cronbach alpha equation reached for the scale as a whole. (0.986), and the reliability coefficients for the subdimensions using the internal consistency method using the Cronbach alpha equation ranged between (0.850 and 0.987). The study recommended using the Renzulli scale to detect gifted students and target the upper grades. (Published abstract)