Poster #54 - A Latent Profile Analysis of Social-Emotional Skills From PISA

• In Event: 75.043 - MTCC Poster Session 17
  In Poster Session: 75.043-9 - Learning and Motivational Dynamics in Social and Cultural Contexts

Abstract

Although empirical evidence has shown the positive effect of social-emotional skills on achievement (e.g., Oberle et al., 2014), students typically use more than one social-emotional skills. Little is known about how a combination of various social-emotional skills relates to achievement outcomes. Furthermore, most research have focused on Caucasians’ social-emotional competencies (Taylor et al., 2017). Hence, this study used a latent profile analysis to identify groups of students who use a similar combination of social-emotional skills in four different countries. Our results identified similar social-emotional profiles—Competent, At-risk, and Vulnerable—in Canada, Singapore, and the United States, whereas students in China showed two different patterns. The implications of implementing social-emotional interventions based on these profiles are discussed.

Authors

• Virginia Man Chung Tze, University of Manitoba

• Johnson Ching Hong Li, University of Manitoba