Abstract Dissertation Sara Benini

Teaching is a socially and emotionally demanding profession, characterized by highly emotional and relational aspects that can impact the teaching-learning process as well as students’ development and well-being. The dissertation aims at further analysing the interrelationships between teachers’ social-emotional competences (SEC), their practices and students’ adjustment. Through a longitudinal design and multilevel analyses the study will allow to identify how, and which teachers’ SEC are related to students’ social-emotional development and well-being, making it also possible to identify crucial aspects (from students perspective) for the promotion of caring classroom environments and the social-emotional aspects that may be important to further develop in teacher training.