The aim of this study is to investigate recent trends in Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) studies. For this purpose, 321 studies conducted around the world between 1997 and 2020, and 85 studies conducted in Turkey between 2004 and 2020 were investigated. In this study, data were analyzed by document analysis and bibliometric analysis. According to the results, studies have been conducted mostly in the USA around the world, and most of the studies have been held in the fields of education and psychology between 2018 and 2020. In addition, the terms of "practice", "emotional intelligence" and "academic success" were used mostly as keywords. As for the research studies held in Turkey, the literature indicates that most of these studies have been conducted in the fields of educational sciences, guidance and psychological counseling between 2018 and 2020 ,and relational screening model was usually used and the participants were mostly chosen from secondary school students. Moreover, the relationships between social and emotional learning skills and demographic variables were generally examined in relevant publications. All the results obtained from this research were evaluated on the basis of general trends and differences in studies on SEL. Building upon the findings of this research, suggestions for future research were presented

This study was aimed at testing the hypothetical model, which included technology addiction, basic psychological needs, and social emotional learning skills (SEL). The study also examined whether there is a mediating effect of SEL in the relationship between basic psychological needs and technology addiction. For this purpose, data were collected from a sample of 592 participants [424 (71.6%) females and 168 (28.1%) males] aged between 18 and 27 years. Demographic Information Form, Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Inhibition Scale, Social Emotional Learning Scale-Young Adult Form (SELS-YF), and Technology Addiction Scale (TAS) were used to collect the data. Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the data, and the results supported the hypothetical model. There was a negative correlation between technology addiction and the satisfaction of basic psychological needs and SEL. There was a positive correlation between the satisfaction of basic psychological needs and SEL. Another finding was that SEL indirectly effected the relationship between satisfaction of basic psychological needs and technology addiction. In addition, the model explained about 14% of the total variance in technology addiction.