The socio-emotional skills in education: a systematic review of the existing literature on the subject

Abstract

This research presents an analysis of the existing literature on the subject of socio-emotional education. The objective of this study was to identify the different studies that have been carried out on the subject of emotional education, for the development of socio-emotional skills, as well as the main thematic axes addressed. A review of the existing literature on socio-emotional education was carried out, with a temporality in the studies from 2010 to 2021, in which 36 documents were obtained for analysis. Within the results obtained, it is clear that there is a prevailing need for training in this subject and the importance of this for the impact that is generated when working with the student body, as well as the work carried out at different educational levels of Mexican education. It was concluded that a good emotional environment in education and intervention programs in this area generate a healthy coexistence, positive relationships and an improvement in the well-being and quality of life of teachers and students, as well as the relevance of the presence of socio-emotional education in teacher training.