Careersuccesscouldbepredictedasearlyaskindergarten，accordingtoa20-yearstudyrecentlypublishedintheAmericanJournalofPublicHealth．ResearchersfromPennsylvaniaStateUniversityandDukeUniversitytrackedmorethan700childr
Careersuccesscouldbepredictedasearlyaskindergarten，accordingtoa20-yearstudyrecentlypublishedintheAmericanJournalofPublicHealth．
ResearchersfromPennsylvaniaStateUniversityandDukeUniversitytrackedmorethan700childrenfromacrosstheUSbetweenkindergartenandage25andfoundasignificantcorrelation（相关性）betweentheirsocialskillsaskindergartnersandtheirsuccessasadultstwodecadeslater．
In 1991，teachersassessedhowthekindergartnersinteracted（互动）witheachothersociallyusingarangeofcriterialikewhethertheycooperatewiththeirpeerswithoutprompting（激励），ifthey'rehelpfultoothers，whetherthey'regoodatunderstandingfeelings，andiftheycansolveproblemsontheirown．
Researchersthenkepttrackofwhetherthestudentswentontograduatehighschoolontime，getacollegedegree，andfindandkeepafull-timejobby25．Theyalsomonitoredtheparticipants'involvementwithcrime，drugabuse，publicassistance，andmentalhealthissues．
Theresultsshowedthatsociallycompetent（有能力的）childrenwerefarmorelikelytoearnacollegedegreeandhaveafull-timejobby25 thanthosewith limitedsocialskills．Thosewithlimitedsocialskillsalsohadahigherchanceofgettingarrested，binge（放纵）drinking，andapplyingforpublichousing．
"Thisstudyshowsthathelpingchildrendevelopsocialandemotionalskillsisoneofthemostimportantthingswecandotopreparethemforahealthyfuture，"saidKristinSchubert，programdirectorattheRobertWoodJohnsonFoundation，whichfundedtheresearch，inarelease．
"Fromanearlyage，theseskillscandeterminewhetherachildgoestocollegeorprison，andwhethertheyendupemployedoraddicted．"
Thegoodnews，accordingtoDamonJones，leadauthorofthestudy，isthatintervention（干预）atayoungagecanhelpimprovesocialandemotionalskills．
"Thisresearchbyitselfdoesn'tprovethathighersocialcompetencecanleadtobetteroutcomeslateron，"hesaid．"Butwhencombinedwithotherresearch，itisclearthathelpingchildrendeveloptheseskillsincreasestheirchancesofsuccessinschool，work，andlife．"
28．Whathasthe20-yearstudyfound？___