Exploring social-emotional learning, school climate, and social network analysis.

ABSTRACT: There is currently limited research on student peer leadership in the social-emotional literature. This paper used exploratory methods of social network analysis to understand the structure of school peer relationships, peer leadership, and school climate. Self-report measures of perceptions of peer leadership and climate were given to students during the 2016-2017 school year. Data collected from a peer leadership survey were used to calculate closeness and indegree centrality values. The results showed that student Ambassadors have higher peer nominated leadership scores compared to non-Ambassador controls and the rest of the school. Additionally, Ambassadors did not demonstrate a change in centrality scores, non-Ambassador students increased in centrality scores, and school climate was

SUBMITTER: Xu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084104 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature