Social‐emotional competence is a critical factor to target with universal preventive
interventions that are conducted in schools because the construct (a) associates with social …

This review explored the research regarding the effects of pre-K-12 school-based social and
emotional learning (SEL) interventions on reading (N= 57,755), mathematics (N= 61,360) …

Social and emotional learning (SEL) has become more central to education because of
demand from educators, parents, students, and business leaders alongside rigorous …

This meta‐analysis reviewed 82 school‐based, universal social and emotional learning
(SEL) interventions involving 97,406 kindergarten to high school students (Mage= 11.09 …

Objectives. We examined whether kindergarten teachers' ratings of children's prosocial
skills, an indicator of noncognitive ability at school entry, predict key adolescent and adult …

In this chapter, we provide the reader with a rationale, definition, and conceptual framework
for social and emotional learning (SEL). We highlight the need to coordinate SEL with …

How does repeated or chronic childhood adversity shape social and cognitive abilities?
According to the prevailing deficit model, children from high-stress backgrounds are at risk …

The burgeoning multidisciplinary field of social and emotional learning (SEL) now has a
comprehensive and definitive handbook covering all aspects of research, practice, and …

Self-regulatory abilities are robust predictors of important outcomes across the life span, yet
they are rarely taught explicitly in school. Using a randomized controlled design, the present …

Since the first edition of this handbook was published, rapid progress has been made in the
science of gratitude, due in large part to advances in measurement. In this chapter we …