Socioemotional Skills Program with a Group of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Young Adolescents: Impacts on Self-Concept and Emotional and Behavioral Problems
There is significant evidence that emphasizes the importance of social and emotional learning in schools for students’ positive development and adjustment. The main goal of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a socioemotional skills promotion program, implemented with a group of s...
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| author | Lurdes Veríssimo Isabel Castro Marisa Costa Pedro Dias Francisca Miranda |
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| description | There is significant evidence that emphasizes the importance of social and emotional learning in schools for students’ positive development and adjustment. The main goal of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a socioemotional skills promotion program, implemented with a group of socioculturally vulnerable young adolescents. Data were collected in the 2020–2021 school year from all students from 6th grade (<i>n</i> = 50, from four classes) in a high-risk school in Portugal (56% females). Two classes served as the comparison group. Participants responded to self-concept and emotional and behavioral problems measures at two moments (pre- and post-intervention). Results indicated a significant impact on self-concept, namely an increase in behavioral adjustment, happiness, and satisfaction and a decrease in anxiety in the intervention group compared with the comparison group. These findings support intervention efficacy. Educational implications are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c49cc684478142cf9b7ab68106dd9fd02023-11-23T10:30:50ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672022-05-019568010.3390/children9050680Socioemotional Skills Program with a Group of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Young Adolescents: Impacts on Self-Concept and Emotional and Behavioral ProblemsLurdes Veríssimo0Isabel Castro1Marisa Costa2Pedro Dias3Francisca Miranda4CEDH—Research Centre for Human Development, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 4169-005 Porto, PortugalFaculty of Education and Psychology, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 4169-005 Porto, PortugalCEDH—Research Centre for Human Development, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 4169-005 Porto, PortugalCEDH—Research Centre for Human Development, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 4169-005 Porto, PortugalFaculty of Education and Psychology, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 4169-005 Porto, PortugalThere is significant evidence that emphasizes the importance of social and emotional learning in schools for students’ positive development and adjustment. The main goal of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a socioemotional skills promotion program, implemented with a group of socioculturally vulnerable young adolescents. Data were collected in the 2020–2021 school year from all students from 6th grade (<i>n</i> = 50, from four classes) in a high-risk school in Portugal (56% females). Two classes served as the comparison group. Participants responded to self-concept and emotional and behavioral problems measures at two moments (pre- and post-intervention). Results indicated a significant impact on self-concept, namely an increase in behavioral adjustment, happiness, and satisfaction and a decrease in anxiety in the intervention group compared with the comparison group. These findings support intervention efficacy. Educational implications are discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/5/680socioemotional skillsself-conceptemotional and behavioral problemsintervention effectivenessearly adolescents |
| spellingShingle | Lurdes Veríssimo Isabel Castro Marisa Costa Pedro Dias Francisca Miranda Socioemotional Skills Program with a Group of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Young Adolescents: Impacts on Self-Concept and Emotional and Behavioral Problems Children socioemotional skills self-concept emotional and behavioral problems intervention effectiveness early adolescents |
| title | Socioemotional Skills Program with a Group of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Young Adolescents: Impacts on Self-Concept and Emotional and Behavioral Problems |
| title_full | Socioemotional Skills Program with a Group of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Young Adolescents: Impacts on Self-Concept and Emotional and Behavioral Problems |
| title_fullStr | Socioemotional Skills Program with a Group of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Young Adolescents: Impacts on Self-Concept and Emotional and Behavioral Problems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socioemotional Skills Program with a Group of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Young Adolescents: Impacts on Self-Concept and Emotional and Behavioral Problems |
| title_short | Socioemotional Skills Program with a Group of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Young Adolescents: Impacts on Self-Concept and Emotional and Behavioral Problems |
| title_sort | socioemotional skills program with a group of socioeconomically disadvantaged young adolescents impacts on self concept and emotional and behavioral problems |
| topic | socioemotional skills self-concept emotional and behavioral problems intervention effectiveness early adolescents |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/5/680 |
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