Emotional Well-Being and Assessment in Multicultural Educational Contexts: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

Emotional well-being is crucial for understanding human development, particularly within educational settings increasingly being shaped by cultural, social, and linguistic diversity. Emotions such as anxiety, motivation, stress, and belonging significantly influence students’ cognitive engagement, social integration, and academic success across their lifespan.

However, dominant models of educational assessment often overlook these affective components, particularly in contexts marked by systemic inequality or intercultural tension.

This Topic seeks original research articles and systematic reviews that adopt interdisciplinary perspectives to investigate emotional well-being in education. We particularly welcome contributions that integrate insights from psychology, education, and health, aiming to understand and support learners’ emotional development at individual, family, community, and institutional levels.

We encourage the submission of papers that address sociocultural variability, propose innovative methodological approaches, and offer practical implications for educational policy and practice. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The development and validation of instruments for emotional assessment in educational settings;
• Socioculturally sensitive frameworks for understanding emotional well-being;
• Emotional regulation and adaptation in intercultural learning environments;
• The integration of emotional data into pedagogical and institutional decision making;
• Longitudinal and mixed-methods studies of emotional development across the educational lifecycle;
• Ethical and methodological challenges in assessing emotional well-being in diverse populations;
• Teacher education, institutional strategies, and systemic approaches to supporting emotional health.

This Topic hopes to foster a comprehensive and culturally responsive understanding of emotional well-being in education, promoting inclusive and equitable learning experiences throughout life.

Dr. Enrique Riquelme
Prof. Dr. Daniel Quilaqueo
Prof. Dr. Héctor Torres
Dr. Ignacio Montero
Topic Editors