Socio-Emotional Competencies and School Performance in Adolescence: What Role for School Adjustment?

ABSTRACT: There is growing evidence in the literature of positive relationships between socio-emotional competencies and school performance. Several hypotheses have been used to explain how these variables may be related to school performance. In this paper, we explored the role of various school adjustment variables in the relationship between interpersonal socio-emotional competencies and school grades, using a weighted network approach. This network approach allowed us to analyze the structure of interrelations between each variable, pointing to both central and mediatory school and socio-emotional variables within the network. Self-reported data from around 3,400 French vocational high school students were examined. This data included a set of interpersonal socio-emotional competencies (cognitiv

SUBMITTER: Mella N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8452941 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature