The Development and Validation of the Multidimensional Assessment of Teacher Social-Emotional Competence (MATSEC)
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The Development and Validation of the Multidimensional Assessment of Teacher Social-Emotional Competence (MATSEC)
RESEARCHERS INVOLVED
Juyeon Lee (PI), Linyun Fu, Chenxiao Wang, Hui Hu, Ingrid D. Lui, Eunkyung Chung, Se-na Choi, Changyong Choi, Min Sang Yoo, Seungmin Lee
Summary
The main objective of this study is to develop and test a new measure of teachers’ social-emotional competence (SEC) that is comprehensive, practical, and culturally relevant in the East Asian school contexts and potentially other parts of the world.
Based on rigorous procedures of scale development and validation, we created the Multidimensional Assessment of Teacher Social-Emotional Competence (MATSEC), measuring teacher SEC across all five domains of the widely used CASEL framework, with an additional domain focused on social awareness for equity and inclusion.
Since its publication, this tool is steadily gaining increasing attention from researchers and practitioners across Asia and around the world.
Last Updated
Aug 2026
Status
Complete
Publication List
2025
Journal Article
The development and validation of the Multidimensional Assessment of Teacher Social-Emotional Competence (MATSEC) in East Asian school contexts
Juyeon Lee, Linyun Fu, Hui Hu, Chenxiao Wang, Eunkyung Chung, Se-na Choi, Changyong Choi, Seungmin Lee, Ingrid D. Lui, Min Sang Yoo
Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy, 5, 100093
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2025
Conference Oral Presentation
The development and test of a multidimensional, equity-oriented scale of teacher social-emotional competence (T-SEC) in East Asian school contexts
Juyeon Lee, Linyun Fu, Hui Hu, Chenxiao Wang, Eunkyung Chung, Se-na Choi, Changyong Choi, Seungmin Lee, Min Sang Yoo, Juyeon Lee
Society for Social Work and Research 29th Annual Conference (Seattle, WA, USA)
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Project Funding Scheme / Funders
Seed Fund for Basic Research 2023/24, HKU