Claire Blewitt|Matthew Fuller?Tyszkiewicz|Andrea Nolan|Heidi Bergmeier|David Vicary|Terry T.?K. Huang|Paul C. McCabe|Tracey McKay|Helen Skouteris
Social and Emotional Learning Associated With Universal Curriculum-Based Interventions in Early Childhood Education and Care Centers
Monash University|Deakin University|Deakin University|Monash University|City University of New York|City University of New York|Monash University
socialemotional competence early childhood influences longterm mental health wellbeing interest potential improve child health educational outcomes social emotional learning sel programs early childhood education care ecec settings increasingto conduct systematic review metaanalysis studies examining social emotional early learning outcomes associated universal curriculumbased sel programs delivered children aged 2 6 years centerbased ecec settingskeyword searches education resources information center eric medline complete psycinfo proquest dissertations theses global databases conducted identify relevant studies published january 1 1995 december 31 2017studies included review examined universal curriculumbased sel intervention delivered children aged 2 6 years centerbased ecec setting assessed individuallevel social andor emotional skill sel intervention used experimental quasiexperimental design ie studies able randomly allocate participants intervention control groups control groupa total 13 035 records screened 362 identified fulltext review systematic literature review conducted 79 studies multilevel randomeffects metaanalyses conducted 63 eligible studies october 2 18 2018social competence emotional competence behavioral selfregulation behavior emotional challenges early learning outcomesthis review identified 79 unique experimental quasiexperimental studies evaluating effect sel interventions preschooler outcomes including total 18 292 unique participants sixtythree studies included metaanalysis compared control participants children intervention conditions showed significant improvement social competence cohen se 030 006 95 ci 018042 p 001 emotional competence cohen se 054 016 95 ci 022086 p 001 behavioral selfregulation cohen se 028 009 95 ci 011046 p 001 early learning skills cohen se 018 008 95 ci 002033 p 03 reduced behavioral emotional challenges cohen se 019 004 95 ci 011028 p 001 several variables appeared moderate program outcomes including intervention leader type assessment informant child age study qualityaccording results study social emotional learning programs appeared deliver relatively low intensity may effective way increase social competence emotional competence behavioral selfregulation early learning outcomes reduce behavioral emotional difficulties children aged 2 6 years social emotional learning programs appear particularly successful increasing emotional knowledge understanding regulation