TTLA: Emotional disturbances in middle school students

INFORMATION ABOUT DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name of the researcher:Nguyen Thi Anh Nguyet                       

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: December 25, 1982

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision to recognize PhD student No. 2999/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 30, 2013 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in the training process: Extension of study period (12 months) according to Decision No. 4619/QD-XHNV dated December 29, 2016 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

7. Thesis topic name:Emotional disturbances in middle school students

8. Major: Social Psychology Code: 62.31.04.01

9. Scientific instructor: Instruction 1:Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Hang, Instruction 2:Associate Professor, Dr. Van Thi Kim Cuc

10. Summary of new results of the thesis:

Some of the main results of the thesis achieved are as follows:

(1) The thesis has built a theoretical system and theoretical framework for studying emotional disorders in secondary school students as well as factors affecting emotional disorders in secondary school students.

(2) Survey the current status of emotional disturbance in secondary school students and classify them into three different risk groups: low risk, medium risk and high risk.

(3) The thesis has pointed out and analyzed some factors related to emotional disturbances in them.Secondary school students, including:Personal psychological factors such as low self-esteem, introverted-extroverted or stable-unstable personality traits and psychosocial factors such as social support, school problems and family problems are associated with the risk of RNCX in secondary school students. “Academic pressure”, “personality stability-instability”, “family problems” are the three highest predictors of RNCX risk in secondary school students.

(4) The thesis proposed and tested a number of intervention activities to reduce the level of RNCX in high-risk students. The experimental results demonstrated that group activities through psychological education had a positive impact, reducing the risk level of emotional disturbance.

11. Practical application:

The research results of the thesis are one of the reference sources for teaching in the field of mental health care such as child and adolescent psychopathology, school psychology and school social work.

12. Further research directions:

Future research should focus on identifying additional issues related to child and adolescent mental health, and applying some models of mental health prevention and intervention in school psychology and school social work.

13. Published works related to the thesis:

1. Nguyen Thi Anh Nguyet (2014) (co-author), “Teachers' perception and response to emotional disturbances in junior high school students”, Journal of Social Psychology (11), Vietnam Social Psychology Association, ISSN 0866 - 8019, pp.1-12.

2. Nguyen Thi Anh Nguyet (2015), “Research on emotional disorders in adolescents and some related factors”, Proceedings of the international scientific conference: “School social work - International experience and development orientation in Vietnam”, Hanoi National University of Education, pp.240-246.

3. Nguyen Thi Anh Nguyet (2016), “Current situation and some factors affecting emotional disorders in junior high school students”, Science Journal (61), Hanoi National University of Education, ISSN 2354 - 1067, pp.128-135.

4. Nguyen Thi Anh Nguyet (2017), "Proposing a program to prevent and intervene in emotional disturbances for junior high school students", Journal of Social Psychology (6), Vietnam Social Psychology Association, ISSN 0866 - 8019, pp.140-149.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Anh Nguyet 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: Dec 25^th, 1982 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 2999/2013/QD-XHNV-SĐH, dated December 30, 2013 by Rector of University of Social Sciences & Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: Extending the studying time (12 months) according to the decision number: 4619/QD-XHNV, dated December 29, 2016 by Rector of University of Social Sciences & Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

7. Official thesis title: Emotional Disorder in Secondary school students

8. Major: Social psychology Code: 62.31.04.01

9. Supervisor: Assoc Prof., Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Hang, Assoc Prof., Dr. Van Thi Kim Cuc

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

Below are some main results of the thesis:

(1) The thesis has developed a theoretical system and theoretical framework for studying emotional disorders as well as influencing factors in secondary school students.

(2) The thesis has surveied on the situation of emotional disorders in secondary school students and classified them into three different risk groups which are low risk, medium risk and high risk.

(3) The thesis has shown and analyzed some factors related to emotional disorders in secondary school students which include: personal psychological factors such as: low self-worth, introvert - extrovert personality or stability - unstable personality and psycho-social factors such as social support; school issues and family issues are related to the rick of emotional disorders in secondary school students. "Learning pressures", "stability - instability of personality", "family issues" are the three most predictive risk factors for emotional disorders in secondary school students.

(4) Some interventions have been proposed and tested to reduce the level of emotional disorders in high risk students. The test results demonstrate that group therapy psychology using education has a positive effect, reducing the risk of emotional disorders.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

The findings of this study are to be references for teaching in mental health care - child and adolescent psychopathology, psychology in school and social work in school.

12. Further research directions, if any:

Further studies focus on identifying issues related to child and adolescent's mental health, and on applying models of prevention and intervention for mental health problems in school psychology and school social work.

13. Thesis-related publications:

1. Nguyen Thi Anh Nguyet (2014) (et al.), “Teachers' awareness and reaction on students emotional disorders in secondary schools”, Journal of Social Psychology (11), Vietnam Association of Social Psychology, ISSN 0866 - 8019, pp.1-12.

2. Nguyen Thi Anh Nguyet (2015), “Study on emotional disorders in adolescents and other related factors”, International conference Book: “Social work in school – International experiences and directions in Vietnam” – Hanoi University of Education, pp.240-246.

3. Nguyen Thi Anh Nguyet (2016), “Situation of and influencing factors on emotional disorders of secondary school students”, Journal of Sciences (61), Hanoi University of Education, ISSN 2354 - 1067, pp.128-135.

4. Nguyen Thi Anh Nguyet (2017), “Proposition of a prevention and intervention program for emotional disorders of secondary school students”, Journal of Social Psychology (6), Vietnam Association of Social Psychology, ISSN 0866 - 8019, pp.140-149.