Distributed Leadership and Student Social and Emotional Skills: A Multilevel Mediation Analysis (Poster 49)

• In Event: Sunday Poster Session 7:45 am
  In Poster Session: Adolescence and Youth Development SIG Poster Session

Abstract

This study examines the moderation effect of teachers’ beliefs on the link between distributed leadership and students’ self-control using a sample of 3,453 15-year-old students from Suzhou, China, collected by OECD. The moderation analysis demonstrated that for schools with higher level distribution of leadership, more agreement that social and emotional skills could change would predict higher levels of students’ self-control. However, there are no significant direct effects of distributed leadership and teachers’ beliefs on students’ self-control. These results suggest that teachers and school leaders should develop their social and emotional skills and hold a positive view on the skills that can develop over time, which is helpful and supportive for students’ self-control, especially for those from low socio-economic status families.

Authors

• Yingying Huang, Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Hongbiao Yin, The Chinese University of Hong Kong