Confucianism has become an educational ideology in Vietnam and blended its philosophy with other religious and spiritual doctrines. The current study explores the impact of Confucianism on social and emotional health (SEH), which focuses on the skill-based aspect of Confucian Vietnamese adolescents. A hermeneutic phenomenological study was chosen as an appropriate approach for collecting and interpreting descriptions of 15 Confucian Vietnamese adolescents to explore how these lived experiences have shaped their current perceptions of SEH. We have labeled the two shared common characteristics in the participants' various SEH experiences, including (1) Authentic perception of Confucian philosophy strengthens the self-esteem; (2) Positive practice of the 5-essential human virtues helps establish and maintain healthy, supportive relationships. The two essences reflected the positive impact of Confucianism on SEH of Vietnamese adolescents. The adolescents' SEH experiences are consistent with Confucian philosophy while at the same time not conflicting with other religious doctrines. The findings of this study have broadened our understanding of the applicability of socio-emotional competence models to promote positive psychological development in adolescents, and the feasible goal-setting in counseling and psychotherapy from different psychological theories about the combination of religious and spiritual practices.

儒学已成为越南的一种教育意识形态，并将其哲学与其他宗教和精神学说融合在一起。目前的研究探讨了儒家思想对社会和情感健康 (SEH) 的影响，重点关注越南儒家青少年的技能方面。选择解释学现象学研究作为收集和解释 15 名越南儒家青少年的描述的适当方法，以探索这些生活经历如何塑造他们目前对 SEH 的看法。我们在参与者的各种 SEH 经历中标记了两个共同的共同特征，包括（1）对儒家哲学的真实感知增强了自尊心；(2) 积极实践人类五种基本美德有助于建立和维持健康、支持性的关系。这两个本质反映了儒家思想对越南青少年SEH的积极影响。青少年的 SEH 体验符合儒家哲学，同时又不与其他宗教教义相冲突。本研究的结果拓宽了我们对社会情感能力模型在促进青少年积极心理发展方面的适用性的理解，以及从关于宗教和精神实践相结合的不同心理学理论中的咨询和心理治疗中可行的目标设定。