The Engaged Living Of Vietnamese High School Students: Accessed from the Social and Emotional Health Perspective

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is not only beneficial for relationship building among students and their teachers, but it also has positive effects on their mental health. The core competencies of SEL are essential to understanding emotions and developing coping strategies to deal with mental health disorders, also called social and emotional health (SEH). This article focuses on exploring the SEH of Vietnamese high school students, emphasizing the engaged living component. The current study used a mixed-methods by combining the questionnaire and interviews on 474 students, with the supplementary from teachers, school counselors, and school administrators. The results reflected that students had a high level of engaged living. They had a good perception of engaged living through three indicators of gratitude, zest, and optimistic; but could not practice due to the gap between the knowledge taught and the practical application. The findings provide the engaged living data for schools to refer to and impact life value education's implementation. This is the foundation to strengthen SEH for students.