Promoting social-emotional learning in adolescent Latino ELLs: a study of the culturally adapted Strong Teens program.
The current study evaluated the effects of the culturally adapted Jóvenes Fuertes (Strong Teens) Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) program on the social-emotional outcomes of Latino English language learners (ELLs). A quasi-experimental design with random assignment by classrooms was used to assess the intervention's effects on students' knowledge of SEL and resiliency. A sample of 102 Spanish-dominant Latino ELLs enrolled in middle or high school participated in this study. The results indicated significant intervention effects on SEL knowledge and social-emotional resiliency. The findings are discussed in terms of their implications for preventive, culturally responsive SEL programs in school settings.
Graduate School of Education School Psychology Program, University of California, Riverside.
Sara M
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Castro-Olivo
D000293:Adolescent; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D019303:Multilingualism; D015397:Program Evaluation; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment