Huan Thanh Nguyen

Adolescent mental health has become an increasingly important concern in educational contexts, yet students’ lived experiences of learning mental health literacy through digital platforms remain underexplored, particularly in developing countries. This study explored Vietnamese secondary school students’ experiences of participating in an eight-week Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) course designed to enhance mental health literacy. A descriptive phenomenological approach based on Colaizzi’s method was employed to examine how students perceived and interpreted their learning experiences. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight students who completed the course, and the interview data were analyzed following Colaizzi’s procedure. The analysis revealed four experiential themes: Vague initial perceptions and stigma about mental health; Experience of psychological safety when learning in the VLE; Development of mental health self-care skills; Transformation of positive attitudes towards adolescent mental health issues. These findings suggest that a well-facilitated VLE can create a supportive learning space that encourages reflection, emotional awareness, and dialogue about psychological well-being. The study provides insights for educators seeking to integrate mental health literacy into school programs through digitally supported learning environments, particularly in contexts where school-based mental health education is still developing.

This study investigates the relationship between body image, eating disorder risk, and the professional help-seeking attitudes of college students in Vietnam. We conducted a study with 232 college students (166 females and 66 males). The Attitudes Towards Professional Help-Seeking (ATSPPH), the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), and the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) served as the foundation for the questionnaire. In order to evaluate this research, the PLS-SEM approach was utilized. The results demonstrate that (i) body image, in particular, has a strong and positive link with eating disorder risk; (ii) professional help-seeking attitudes are strongly correlated with body image; (iii) there is a positive correlation between eating disorder risk and professional help-seeking attitudes; and (iv) eating disorder risk will mediate the relationship between body image and professional help-seeking attitudes. This article highlights a relationship between body image preoccupation and professional help-seeking attitudes through mediated eating disorder risk. It is necessary to identify individuals at risk of eating disorders and then consider and devise appropriate strategies to overcome or minimize binge eating or frequent or planned skipping meals; early intervention will reduce the risk of developing an eating disorder. The paper’s rationale helps raise awareness about the negative effects of body image concerns, the risk of eating disorders, and more. The paper also highlights the professional help-seeking attitudes of Vietnamese youth.

Purpose: Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is a model that positively affects adolescents, particularly high school students. Adolescents experience physical and psychological changes that result in emotional and social-behavior difficulties. SEL improves academic performance, mental health problems, peer relationships, and family relationships. Responsible decision-making is one of the six fundamental skills of the SEL model and plays a crucial role. Methods: This study was founded on a literature review to examine the significance of responsible decision-making. Results: The study then provides a model of activities based on identifying and solving problems to assist students in developing their decision-making skills. Conclusion: The approach presented in this study is comprised of two primary activities: basic activity and practical activity; the study is also providing a seven-step procedure for problem-solving. Students are required to perform the content of the exercises following the instructions, and the implementation of these activities should be performed regularly to increase their effectiveness and competence in making decisions.

Children living in incomplete families have to suffer from more hardships than others including psychological trauma that could never be cured without safe approaches. In this paper, we used the Children Behavior Checklist (CBCL test) by Achenbach to initially filter the incidence of children in incomplete families with psychological trauma, the extent of childhood trauma, and the signs of trauma. Moreover, the Self-esteem scale of Toulouse was also utilized to investigate children's self-esteem and determine the impact of psychological trauma on the self-assessment of children. Based on these tools, the research conducted a correlation analysis of psychological trauma of children in incomplete families through indicators of awareness of, emotions with, and behaviors towards family and social life (self-evaluated by children). The results showed that there are differences in psychological trauma of children in terms of awareness, emotions, and behaviors. The differences allow for a better definition of children's causes, influences, and degrees of psychological trauma. This is the basis for proposing timely filtering solutions and effective psychological support measures for these children.

Currently, the studies on sexual abuse trauma, and resilience in Confucian survivors are still limited. The purpose of this study is to explore the resilience of Confucian women after sexual abuse trauma to provide evidence to support in counseling and psychotherapy practices. The article describes the resiliency story of a Vietnamese Confucian female survivor who was abused by her brother from the age of 8 to 16. The life history approach used in qualitative narrative research was applied in this study. The researcher identified two factors that strongly influence the survivor’s resilience: (1) the effectiveness of passive education in the general education curriculum is oriented to both competence and quality development; and (2) an authentic understanding of the core Confucian philosophical doctrine: the neutrality and the self-nurture. Based on the findings, we propose a 7-stage flow diagram of a Confucian women's resilience following sexual abuse. These findings provide a new approach to psychological counseling for female survivors of any religion by using Confucian philosophy and contribute to the impact of studies on religious and spiritual factors affecting the resilience of sexual abuse survivors.