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Reconceptualizing Social and Emotional Competence Assessment in School Settings
Nathaniel von der Embse1, Stephen Kilgus2, Carly Oddleifson2
1Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
Journal of Intelligence
|December 22, 2023
Summary
Youth mental health needs are rising, requiring better tools to assess social-emotional skills. This study presents a new framework to overcome limitations in current assessments, aiding psychological distress reduction and competency development.
Area of Science:
- Child and Adolescent Psychology
- Mental Health Assessment
- Social-Emotional Learning
Background:
- Youth mental health needs are significant and increasing.
- Existing social-emotional assessment tools have critical limitations hindering widespread adoption.
- There is a need to reduce psychological distress and promote social-emotional competencies in young people.
Purpose of the Study:
- To discuss the limitations of current social and emotional assessment tools for youth.
- To present a novel social and emotional learning (SEL) assessment framework.
- To outline future research directions in youth SEL assessment.
Main Methods:
- Critical review of existing social and emotional assessment tools.
- Development of a new SEL assessment framework based on theoretical and methodological innovations.
- Discussion of research opportunities for advancing SEL assessment.
Main Results:
- Identified significant limitations in current youth social and emotional assessment tools.
- Proposed a novel framework for assessing social and emotional learning.
- Highlighted areas for future research and development in the field.
Conclusions:
- Current social and emotional assessment tools are inadequate for addressing the growing mental health needs of youth.
- The proposed novel framework offers a promising approach to improve the assessment of social and emotional competencies.
- Further research is crucial to refine and validate new assessment methods for youth mental health.
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