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Johanna S. Quinn; E. Danielle Roberts; Wei-Lin Chen; Rachael Doubledee; Jennifer Brown Urban; Miriam R. Linver – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2024
This paper focuses on data from a study of middle- to upper-middle class Scottish S2 ([approximately]seventh grade) students who participated in Inspiring Purpose, a school-based character development program, during the 2016 to 2017 school year. Directed by their teachers, participating youth reflected on values and future aspirations and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle Class, Middle School Students, Grade 7
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Angela Weiyi Wang; Maurice J. Elias; Edward Selby; Simon Daniel – Journal of Character Education, 2022
This study evaluated the relationship between social-emotional learning (SEL) and peer perceptions of youth leadership in a group of 203 students (38.9% Hispanic; 28.6% Black; 21.2% White; 10.3% Asian; 1.0% Others) in Grades 6th-8th from two diverse urban middle schools in New Jersey. Results indicated that SEL had a significant and positive…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Student Attitudes, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Hatchimonji, Danielle R.; Vaid, Esha; Linsky, Arielle C. V.; Nayman, Sam J.; Yuan, May; MacDonnell, Marisa; Elias, Maurice J. – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2022
In the current study, we sought to understand relations among the key intervention targets of social-emotional and character development (SECD) interventions: character virtues, Positive Purpose, and social-emotional learning (SEL). Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students (n = 1011, ages 11 to 16, M = 12.94, SD = 1.00) from five urban middle…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Values Education, Intervention, Moral Development