biostudies-literatureWang YBeijing Education Committee Cooperation Building Foundation Project1282https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6566918biostudies-literatureUnknown10This study investigated the effects of social-emotional competency on pupils' academic achievement, academic emotions and attitudes, and interpersonal relationships. Participants were 7106 fourth-grade and fifth-grade students in western China. The results were: (1) social-emotional competency positively predicted pupils' academic achievement (including reading, mathematics, and science); (2) social-emotional competency predicted pupils' academic emotions and attitudes, including learning anxiety and interest, and academic emotions and attitudes played a mediating role in the relation between social-emotional competency and academic achievement; and (3) social-emotional competency positively predicted pupils' interpersonal relationships, including peer relationships and teacher-student relFrontiers in psychologyThe Effect of Social-Emotional Competency on Child Development in Western China.PMC6566918BECA17046Yang ZZhang YXin TWang FWang YLiu TfalseThe Effect of Social-Emotional Competency on Child Development in Western China.This study investigated the effects of social-emotional competency on pupils' academic achievement, academic emotions and attitudes, and interpersonal relationships. Participants were 7106 fourth-grade and fifth-grade students in western China. The results were: (1) social-emotional competency positively predicted pupils' academic achievement (including reading, mathematics, and science); (2) social-emotional competency predicted pupils' academic emotions and attitudes, including learning anxiety and interest, and academic emotions and attitudes played a mediating role in the relation between social-emotional competency and academic achievement; and (3) social-emotional competency positively predicted pupils' interpersonal relationships, including peer relationships and teacher-student rel2019-01-01T00:00:00Z20192026-06-03T18:32:20.628Z2019-07-24T07:18:00ZS-EPMC65669183123128210.3389/fpsyg.2019.01282