Social skills
Relation to social mobility
Development of social skills in childhood and adolescence positively affect a variety of outcomes in adulthood, such as employment, income, and educationImportance
Important
all ages
Sources
Crowley, Greenberg & Jones (2015). “Early Social-Emotional Functioning and Public Health: The Relationship between Kindergarten Social Competence and Future Wellness”, American Journal of Public Health.
Rebecca & Taylor et al. (2017). “Promoting Positive Youth Development Through School-Based Social and Emotional Learning Interventions: A Meta-Analysis of Follow-Up Effects”, Child Development.
Guralnick (1999), “Sequential Analysis of the Social Play of Young Children with Mild Developmental Delays”, Journal of Young Intervention.
Howes, Phillipsen & Peisner-Feinberg (2000). “The Consistency of Perceived Teacher–Child Relationships between Preschool and Kindergarten”. Journal of School Psychology.
What to Influence
Ways to Influence
Birth to six
early infancy (0-3)
Late Infancy (3-6)
early infancy (0-3)
Quality of parent-child interaction, mediation of social interactions
Late Infancy (3-6)
Quality of parent-child interaction, mediation of social interactions
Elementary school ages
elementary school
elementary school
The quality of relationships with significant adults, the quality of the emotional and academic relationship between student and teacher, characteristics of relationships with peers, management of the class, and dealing with behavioral difficulties.
Post-primary ages
Junior high and high school
Junior high and high school
Quantity, quality, and variety of social experiences with peer group and authority figures. Cultivation of knowledge and tools for dealing with unfamiliar social situations.