Profiling Students’ Social and Emotional Skills: A Person-Centred Analysis (Poster 26)

• In Event: Thursday Poster Session 9:00 am
  In Poster Session: Social and Emotional Learning

Abstract

Existing research on social and emotional skills primarily utilizes a variable-centered approach, with limited focus on understanding various SEL skill profiles and their connections to students' demographic characteristics. We employed a person-centered approach, specifically latent profile analysis, to identify SEL skills profiles among 6, 409 adolescents from the 2018 OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills (SSES). Our findings revealed four distinct profiles: high SEL group, low SEL group, below-average SEL group, and above-average SEL group. Interestingly, profile membership was significantly associated with demographic characteristics in various ways. Males, older individuals, and those with low socioeconomic status were more likely to belong to the low SEL group. The theoretical and practical implications of the research are discussed.

Authors

• Lingyi Fu, University of Hong Kong

• Faming Wang, Zhejiang University

• Lily Min Zeng, University of Hong Kong

• Ronnel B. King, Chinese University of Hong Kong