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Santos, A. C., Arriaga, P., Daniel, J., Cefai, C., Melo, M. H. S., Psyllou, A....Simões, C. (2023). Social and emotional competences as predictors of student engagement in youth: A cross-cultural multilevel study. Studies in Higher Education. 48 (1), 1-19

A. C. Santos et al.,  "Social and emotional competences as predictors of student engagement in youth: A cross-cultural multilevel study", in Studies in Higher Education, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 1-19, 2023

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	author = "Santos, A. C. and Arriaga, P. and Daniel, J. and Cefai, C. and Melo, M. H. S. and Psyllou, A. and Shieh, J. -J. and Schutte, N. and Furtado, C. and David, C. H. and Azevedo, M. C. and Andreou, E. and Simões, C.",
	title = "Social and emotional competences as predictors of student engagement in youth: A cross-cultural multilevel study",
	journal = "Studies in Higher Education",
	year = "2023",
	volume = "48",
	number = "1",
	doi = "10.1080/03075079.2022.2099370",
	pages = "1-19",
	url = "https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03075079.2022.2099370"
}

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TI  - Social and emotional competences as predictors of student engagement in youth: A cross-cultural multilevel study
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AU  - Santos, A. C.
AU  - Arriaga, P.
AU  - Daniel, J.
AU  - Cefai, C.
AU  - Melo, M. H. S.
AU  - Psyllou, A.
AU  - Shieh, J. -J.
AU  - Schutte, N.
AU  - Furtado, C.
AU  - David, C. H.
AU  - Azevedo, M. C.
AU  - Andreou, E.
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DO  - 10.1080/03075079.2022.2099370
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AB  - Student engagement research in university students has been scarce,despite its major positive role on performance, degree completion, and mental health. Social and emotional competencies, which are currently called twenty-first-century skills, exert some impact on student engagement in youth. Since engagement is cultural-sensitive, individual (social and emotional competencies) and cross-cultural (human developmental index and unemployment rate) characteristics were examined in association with student engagement in youth. This study included 2,092 participants from nine countries/regions, aged between 17 and 27 years (M = 21.52, SD = 2.27), mostly cisgender woman (n =1,035, 68.7%) and undergraduate (n = 1,401, 96.2%). Data were collected using a cross-sectional online survey that included the Student Engagement Scale, the Emotional Skills and Competence Questionnaire, and the prosocial behavior/resources subscale of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Multilevel models showed that social and emotional competencies were relevant predictors of student engagement independently of the country-level variables. Moreover, student engagement varied with country/region human development and unemployment rate, with students from higher developed countries/regions and lowered unemployment reporting lower engagement. This study reinforces the need to implement evidence-based social and emotional learning programs in universities worldwide, as well as public policies that can influence engagement and protect youth.
ER  -