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Cooperative school climates are positively linked with socio-emotional skills: A Cross-National Study.
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The British journal of educational psychology [Br J Educ Psychol] 2024 Jun; Vol. 94 (2), pp. 622-641. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 05. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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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.<br />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.<br />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).<br />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).<br />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.<br />Conclusion: This study highlights the contrasting roles of cooperative and competitive climates in students' socio-emotional skills.<br /> (© 2024 The Authors. British Journal of Educational Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Psychological Society.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2044-8279
- Volume :
- 94
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The British journal of educational psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38443324
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12670