Abstract
This paper investigates the behavior of children from low socioeconomic status families and examines the effects of a socioemotional education program on aggression in children. The results of the program are compared according to the children’s gender and age, the family structure, the parents’ educational attainment, and social status. The results show that applying socioemotional education programs reduces children’s aggression and encourages positive development during adolescence. This positive development fosters open, expressive behavior.
Highlights
School curricula cover numerous subjects with the aim of educating people in all areas of their lives
This study shows how including an emotional education program in the school curriculum can affect long-term educational sustainability for children from families with a low socioeconomic status
The minimum aggression values were the same in both stages, but the top values were higher in the pre-test stage (3.00 pre-test vs. 2.20 post-test)
Summary
School curricula cover numerous subjects with the aim of educating people in all areas of their lives. Judging by the rates of school failure in Spain, these subjects and the curricula that cover them require thorough inspection and revision. School failure among boys (24%) was higher than among girls (12.4%) in 2016. These figures imply that only 76% of boys and 87.6% of girls successfully finish compulsory education. These failure rates are troubling because educational attainment is related to poor access to the labor market and a high unemployment rate (17.22% in 2017) [2]. This study shows how including an emotional education program in the school curriculum can affect long-term educational sustainability for children from families with a low socioeconomic status
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