Social-emotional competencies and psychological well-being across secondary school transition.

ABSTRACT: This study profiled the association between social-emotional competencies, psychological well-being (PWB), and secondary/middle school transition. Analysis drew from 233 sixth-class/sixth-grade students aged 11-13 years who completed measures of emotion regulation, perceived social support, self-esteem, and PWB at baseline and 1-month follow-up in primary school, and at 6-month follow-up post-secondary school transition. COVID-19 school closures, school socioeconomic status and gender were examined as moderators. Repeated-measures multi-level models revealed a significant decline in boys' emotional suppression use, an increase in boys' self-esteem, and a decline in girls' PWB across the transition. Further, perceived social support, self-esteem, and gender were significant predictors of po

SUBMITTER: Shum C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12505837 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature