Advancing Emotion Science and Practice at APA 2025

At this year’s APA Conference, scientists from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence are presenting research that explores how PreK–12 learning communities can cultivate emotional intelligence to strengthen teaching and learning. Their findings offer research-based insights into the real-world implementation of school-based social-emotional learning, the relationship between educator well-being and school leadership, and strategies for advancing community-driven efforts to support emotional development.

As an emotion science innovation hub at Yale, the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence explores:

• The basic science of emotions, emotional intelligence, and emotion skill development

• Evaluations of social and emotional interventions, programming, and practices, including RULER

• Methodological advancements in the measurement of social emotional constructs, including emotional intelligence skills, well-being, and school climate.

Attending APA 2025?

Use the links below to find us and our work at the conference.

APA Council Representation

Jessica Hoffmann, PhD, will represent the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, & the Arts, Division 10 of the American Psychological Association, August 4-6 at APA 2025.

Posters

1. Engaging Together: The Connection Between School Leader and Staff Participation in SEL Training, Sophia Selino, Julie McGarry, MA, Aakash Chowkase, PhD, and Jessica D Hoffmann, PhD
2. Engaging Early Childhood Education Programs in SEL: Insights from a Community Collaborative, Sophia Selino, Craig Bailey, PhD, and Whitney Sanders, MFA
3. Beyond Prototypical Responses in Young Children’s Emotion Labeling, Craig Bailey, PhD, and Jade Bouffard
4. Children’s Differential Use of Emotion Vocabulary Across Childhood, Craig Bailey, PhD, Madison Soule, Zhenlan Wang, PhD, Maya Ingram, and Fiona Wu
5. Leadership & Emotional Intelligence: Effects on Teacher Self-Efficacy, Satisfaction, & Commitment, Stella Jackman-Ryan, PhD, and Craig Bailey, PhD
6. Ecological Implementation of a Social-Emotional Learning Program in Early Childhood Settings, Stella Jackman-Ryan, PhD, and Craig Bailey, PhD

Presentations/Flash Talk

1. Reversing the Lens: How Art Engagement Facilitates Domain-General Creativity, Rebekah Rodriguez-Boerwinkle, PhD, Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, PhD, and Pablo Tinio, PhD

1. Stories of Art and Chaos: Lessons from Field and Museum Research, Rebekah Rodriguez-Boerwinkle, PhD