Improving the Socio-Emotional Behaviour of Senior High School Students through the Skillstreaming Approach

Abstract

Introduction

Responding negatively to a challenging situation is a serious matter with consequences not just for schools, but for the entire society. In the classroom, the occurrences of negative socio-emotional behavior, the presence of violent and aggressive peers can significantly affect a positive learning environment. Preventing negative socio-emotional behavior requires everyone's cooperation. The teacher's role is to facilitate and encourage social-emotional behaviors and provide activities that develop prosocial skills necessary for the students to succeed in a group setting. This study focused on providing opportunities for Senior High School students to develop the social and emotional competence needed to connect with people and deal with challenging situations.

Methods

The participants of this study were the Senior High School students who were identified as committing cases of misbehavior and responding negatively to challenging situations. This study adopted the pre-assessment and post-assessment design which involves gathering basic evidence before administering intervention, followed by a post-assessment to the same extent after intervention happens. This study depended on observation and documentary analysis of recorded cases of misbehavior. The level of socio-emotional behavior of the students was gathered through self-assessment using questionnaires as baseline data and basis for intervention activities. Data were treated through quantitative analysis.

Results

The pre-assessment result revealed that the majority of Senior High School students are not sensitive to the importance of building positive interaction towards others. The post-intervention assessment result revealed that there was a significant improvement in the socio-emotional behavior of the students in terms of responding positively to challenging situations with regards to dealing with others, avoiding aggression, dealing with their feelings and managing their stress.

Discussions

The level of socio-emotional behavior of the respondents in the pre-assessment exposed that respondents do not respond positively to challenging situations. Thus, a need to apply intervention is necessary to address the problem. The application of the Skillstreaming approach has a significant impact on the level of socio-emotional.The behavior of Senior High School students. The significant improvement in the behavior of the students recognized the effectiveness of the intervention in developing socio-emotional behavior.