Editorial: Do We Need Socio-Emotional Skills?

Frontiers in Psychology

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Daniel Danner¹  Clemens M. Lechner²  Marion Spengler³ 

[1] University of Applied Labour Studies;GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences;Medical School Berlin

关键词: socio-emotional skills;    personality;    non-cognitive skills;    character strengths;    life outcomes;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.723470

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The question we chose for this Research Topic—Do we need socio-emotional skills?—isdeliberately broad. It can be asked on different levels: Do we as individuals need socio-emotionalskills to achieve success, health, and happiness? Do we as researchers studying individual differencesneed data on socio-emotional skills to unravel the determinants of life success over and abovecognitive abilities? Do we as organizations need to select applicants with socio-emotional skills,as they will show better performance in the future? Finally, do we as a society need socio-emotionalskills to understand or overcome social inequalities?The articles in this Research Topic offer promising new insights that support the view thatsocio-emotional skills can be useful on each of these levels. These articles contribute to three strandsof the literature on socio-emotional skills: the conceptualization and definition of socio-emotionalskills, the relevance of socio-emotional skills for success at school and at work, and how best tofoster socio-emotional skills.

【 授权许可】

CC BY