Task Performance: Report on the Study on Social and Emotional Skills of Chinese Adolescence (I)

doi:10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2021.09.002

Abstract

Abstract:

Task performance is an important part of social and emotional skills. Under the research framework of OECD, it includes three skills: self-control, responsibility and persistence. Based on the data of 10-year-old and 15-year-old students’ participation in OECD Social and Emotional Skills Study in Suzhou, the current paper presents the task performance results of Suzhou students by using descriptive statistics, difference test and regression analysis. The study finds that self-control, responsibility and persistence are significantly related to other skills, and there are significant differences in age and gender, between urban and rural areas, and between general high schools and vocational high schools. Task performance is significantly affected by the relevant factors of background, students, teachers, school and family. It has a significant impact on life outcome variables such as health, well-being, satisfaction, test anxiety, closeness to family and closeness to others. Based on the findings, we make several recommendations for school educators, policy makers and researchers.

Key words: task performance: self-control, responsibility, persistence, conscientiousness, study on social and emotional skills, ?

Xingyuan Gao, Hongyan Chen, Jie Wu, Zhongjing Huang. Task Performance: Report on the Study on Social and Emotional Skills of Chinese Adolescence (I)[J]. Journal of East China Normal University(Educational Sciences), 2021, 39(9): 33-46.

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子能力	10岁组			15岁组
子能力	学生自评	家长评定	教师评定	学生自评	家长评定	教师评定
自控力	612.57±101.12	546.82±81.86	2.42±0.73	572.69±77.1	575.23±77.57	2.48±0.56
责任感	640.02±114.73	565.88±87.92	2.62±0.77	580.42±87.91	588.96±93.71	2.68±0.58
毅力	649.76±109.03	563.02±81.64	2.6±0.9	571.64±77.94	582.5±80.71	2.72±0.66

		10岁组			15岁组
		自控力	责任感	毅力	自控力	责任感	毅力
任务能力	自控力	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—
	责任感	0.61	1.00	—	0.55	1.00	—
	毅力	0.66	0.72	1.00	0.60	0.72	1.00
情绪调节	抗压力	0.40	0.45	0.50	0.24	0.32	0.43
	乐观	0.47	0.52	0.56	0.33	0.46	0.51
	情绪控制	0.58	0.55	0.59	0.51	0.47	0.55
协作能力	共情	0.60	0.65	0.67	0.47	0.59	0.57
	信任	0.32	0.42	0.42	0.28	0.42	0.48
	合作	0.58	0.67	0.69	0.44	0.63	0.61
开放能力	宽容度	0.49	0.48	0.53	0.35	0.43	0.44
	好奇心	0.60	0.63	0.69	0.46	0.55	0.65
	创造力	0.54	0.57	0.59	0.39	0.47	0.54
交往能力	乐群	0.39	0.48	0.47	0.27	0.41	0.41
	果敢	0.37	0.37	0.39	0.22	0.34	0.35
	活力	0.43	0.52	0.55	0.31	0.45	0.52

年龄组	子能力	均数差（M-F）	Cohen’s d	P值
10岁组	自控力	?8.80	?0.09	0.01
	责任感	?16.63	?0.15	< 0.01
	毅力	?9.89	?0.09	0.01
15岁组	自控力	17.03	0.22	< 0.01
	责任感	2.53	0.03	0.39
	毅力	14.82	0.19	< 0.01

年龄组	子能力	均数差（R-C）	Cohen’s d	P值
10岁组	自控力	?19.93	?0.2	< 0.01
	责任感	?26.82	?0.23	< 0.01
	毅力	?24.93	?0.23	< 0.01
15岁组	自控力	?13.72	?0.17	< 0.01
	责任感	?13.84	?0.15	< 0.01
	毅力	?14.14	?0.18	< 0.01

性别	子能力	均数差（H-V）	Cohen’s d	P值
男	自控力	12.38	0.15	< 0.01
	责任感	1.93	0.02	0.69
	毅力	5.36	0.07	0.22
女	自控力	4.65	0.07	0.27
	责任感	5.01	0.06	0.33
	毅力	3.93	0.05	0.38