Longitudinal Links Between Profiles of Social Emotional Behaviors in Childhood and Functioning in Early Adolescence

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ID11670793
AuthorsTing-Lan Ma (0000-0001-8349-6432, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA, corresponding author), Nicole Zarrett (0000-0001-9035-132X, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA), Kayla Puente (0000-0001-5173-6390, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA), Yangyang Liu (0000-0002-8334-5121, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA), Deborah L Vandell (0000-0003-2373-9783, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA), Sandra D Simpkin (0000-0002-6053-4827, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA), Mark Vincent B Yu (0000-0002-7964-4540, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA)
Year2022
Volume42
Issue6
Pages765-792
Publication date2022-03-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/02724316221078829
OpenAlexW4221016207
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited41

In this study, we identified (1) subgroups of youth during middle childhood who displayed distinct profiles of social emotional learning (SEL) skills including cooperation, prosocial behaviors, work habits, emotion regulation, and self-control; and (2) how these profiles predict longitudinal academic and social functioning during early adolescence. Using the NICHD SECCYD dataset ( N = 932, 49% girls), four profiles emerged: relatively low SEL (14%), moderate-high SEL (51%), prosocial/self-control (22%), and cooperation/work habits (13%). Longitudinally, the prosocial/self-control group and cooperation/work habits group demonstrated area-specific weakness. The prosocial/self-control youth were at risk of poor academic competence; the high cooperation/work habit youth were at risk of poor social functioning whereas the relatively low SEL skills youth demonstrated highest risk in poor academic and social functioning in early adolescence

Developmental psychology · Interpersonal relationship · Longitudinal study · Positive Youth Development · Prosocial behavior · Self-control · Social change · Social competence · Social emotional learning · Social functioning · Social skills · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child and Animal Learning Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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