AUTHOR=Wu Zezhen , Brown Lindsay , Kim Ha Yeon , Yoshikawa Hirokazu , Aber J. Lawrence 

TITLE=Measuring the dosage of brief and skill-targeted social-emotional learning (SEL) activities in humanitarian settings

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.973184

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.973184

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=In this study, we propose and evaluate measures for three dimensions of dosage (quantity, duration, temporal pattern) of two sets of brief and skill-targeted social-emotional learning (SEL) activities (Mindfulness and Brain Games) implemented in 20 primary schools in two low-income chiefdoms of Sierra Leone. We find preliminary evidence of predictive validity that these dosage measures could predict children’s attendance and classroom adaptive behavior. This study is the first to develop procedures to measure dimensions of dosage of brief SEL activities in humanitarian settings. Our findings illuminate the need for future research on optimizing the dosage and implementation design of SEL programming using brief SEL activities.