Publication bias could not be ruled out in the pooled teacher-student SEC estimate, though the association persisted across sensitivity analyses¶

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q4 i? Funnel plot asymmetry and the Egger test indicated publication bias could not be ruled out for the pooled teacher-student SEC correlation, but the positive association persisted across sensitivity analyses. → Nguyen 2026

Evidence¶

Nguyen 2026¶

Nguyen, T.-A., Hidajat, T., Zhou, T., Ma, T., Hoang, A., Poed, S., & Edwards, E. J. (2026). Relations between Teachers' and Students' Social-emotional Competence: A Systematic Review and Multilevel Meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-026-10218-4

q4 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

Publication-bias assessment used publication status as a moderator, funnel plot inspection with Egger's regression test for a three-level model, and Orwin's fail-safe N; sensitivity analyses re-estimated models excluding global SEC measures, ambiguous constructs, unpublished studies, methodologically limited studies, and outliers.

"The positive association between teachers' SEC and students' SEC persisted across sen -sitivity analyses. However, funnel plot asymmetry and the Egger test indicated that publication bias could not be ruled out, hence the magnitude of the pooled estimate should be interpreted with caution."

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