Latent Profiles of Chinese Students’ Social-Emotional Learning Competencies and Their Associations With Academic Motivation and Achievement

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Abstract

We investigated the latent profiles of Chinese high school students’ social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies using a person-centered approach. In addition, we compared student profiles regarding academic functioning and personal characteristics. Latent profile analyses identified four distinguishable profiles: extremely low SEL competencies, low SEL competencies, high SEL competencies, and average SEL competencies. Students in the four profiles also differed in their academic motivation such as expectancy, value, and cost beliefs. Furthermore, these four profiles demonstrated meaningful associations with student characteristics, including gender and growth mindset. Findings of the present study highlight the importance of fostering Chinese students’ social-emotional learning competencies, which was traditionally overlooked.

Authors

• Yi Jiang, East China Normal University

• Linjia Zhang, East China Normal University

• Chun Chen, Chinese University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen

• Jing Wu

• Mengfei Tang