Cooperative school climates are positively linked with socio-emotional skills: A Cross-National Study.
Br J Educ Psychol
; 94(2): 622-641, 2024 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Socio-emotional skills are critical to life outcomes such as achievement, well-being and job success. However, existing research has mostly focused on the consequences of socio-emotional skills, with less attention devoted to the role of school climate in the deployment of these skills.AIMS:
This study investigated the role of school climate in socio-emotional skills. More specifically, we investigated whether cooperative or competitive school climates are associated with students' socio-emotional skills. SAMPLE Our study utilized data from the OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills, collected from 10 cities across nine countries. Participants were 60,985 students, including 31,187 10-year-olds (49.70% females) and 29,798 15-year-olds (51.6% females).METHODS:
We conducted multilevel structural equation modelling to test whether cooperative and competitive climates were associated with socio-emotional skills. These skills include five broad domain skills and 15 more specific skills task performance (self-control, responsibility and persistence), emotion regulation (stress resistance, emotional control and optimism), collaboration (empathy, trust and cooperation), open-mindedness (tolerance, curiosity and creativity) and engaging with others (sociability, assertiveness and energy).RESULTS:
Our findings indicated a positive relationship between a cooperative climate and socio-emotional skills. In contrast, the relationship between a competitive climate and socio-emotional skills was primarily negative.CONCLUSION:
This study highlights the contrasting roles of cooperative and competitive climates in students' socio-emotional skills.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Instituciones Académicas
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Estudiantes
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Habilidades Sociales
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Br J Educ Psychol
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Br. j. educ. psychol
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British journal of educational psychology
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China