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Enhancing children\u2019s cognitive concentration through targeted social skills training holds notable importance for improving their classroom performance and academic achievement.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Drawing upon the social information processing (SIP) theory and the large-scale trial \u201cLet\u2019s Be Friends (Shaanxi)\u201d program with a randomized controlled experimental design, we employed structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze the impact mechanism through which social skills training influences children\u2019s cognitive concentration and examine the mediating effect by SIP skills.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The findings revealed that social skills training significantly enhances both children\u2019s SIP skills and cognitive concentration. SIP skills fully mediate the relationship between social skills training and children\u2019s cognitive concentration. 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