Winding down the stressed out: Social and emotional learning as a stress coping strategy with Norwegian upper secondary students
A universal school-based intervention was developed to enhance coping with schoolrelated stress by building students’ social and emotional competence. The intervention was carried out in six classes in three upper secondary schools in southwestern Norway, and covered mindfulness, self-regulated le...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre for Resilience & Socio-Emotional Health
2019-11-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Emotional Education |
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| Online Access: | https://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/417085/v11i2p6.pdf |
| Summary: | A universal school-based intervention was developed to enhance coping with schoolrelated stress by building students’ social and emotional competence. The intervention
was carried out in six classes in three upper secondary schools in southwestern Norway,
and covered mindfulness, self-regulated learning, and social competence. Three focus
groups were conducted with a stratified selection of general education students (n=24)
and one focus group with primary school teachers (n=6). Summative content analysis was
conducted using NVivo Software. Findings indicate that the students perceived the core
themes useful, and believed that the intervention increased their coping with schoolrelated stress and to some extent improved their learning environment. Teachers’
perceptions supported these findings to some degree. Future directions for universal
school-based interventions to build social and emotional competencies are suggested.
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| ISSN: | 2073-7629 2073-7629 |