Sozioemotionale Charakteristika und Bildung

This article reviews current research on socioemotional characteristics (sometimes also labeled noncognitive skills) and their manifold relations to education and development across the lifespan. The contribution addresses several aspects: It presents central topics and problems alongside an overview of the currently used taxonomies and terminologies. Furthermore, theoretical models of the mechanisms of the relation between socioemotional characteristics and education are presented. The author informs about current research on the correlative and causal relations between socioemotional characteristics and education, concluding on a discussion of central problems and further research desiderata.