ERIC Number: EJ1303393
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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Association between Social-Emotional Strengths and School Membership: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
Chan, Meiki; Yang, Chunyan; Furlong, Michael J.; Dowdy, Erin; Xie, Jia-Shu
International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, v9 n2 p158-171 2021
This study examined associations among a concurrent set of social-emotional strengths and school membership across the United States (N = 1,009) and Chinese (N = 747) students aged 9 to 11 years old. Results identified significant positive relations of school membership with four social-emotional strengths (i.e., gratitude, optimism, zest, and persistence) and a higher-order latent variable (covitality) in both countries, with optimism having the strongest association in both countries. Cross-culturally, U.S. students showed a stronger gratitude association with school membership whereas Chinese students had stronger zest and persistence associations with school membership. Implications for promoting school membership across cultural contexts are discussed.
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Psychological Patterns, Positive Attitudes, Persistence, Student Characteristics, Elementary School Students, Preadolescents, Student School Relationship, Sense of Community, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Correlation, Public Schools, Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China; California
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