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Emotional intelligence and mental health problems among adolescents in Vietnam: A school-based survey

Background: The burden of mental health problems among adolescents is substantial and apparent globally. There are fewer data and nature, prevalence and determinants of these problems available from lowand middle-income countries (LMICs). Emotional intelligence (EI), an individual characteristic that is shaped by experience, can protect adolescents from mental health problems in high-income countries. However, this relationship has not been investigated extensively in LMICs and not at all in South East Asian countries. Aim: The aim was to investigate the relationship between EI and symptoms of mental health problems among adolescents in Vietnam. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of adolescents attending schools in rural and urban areas of Central Vietnam was done. Data were collected using an anonymous, self-completed questionnaire, which included study-specific questions about demographic characteristics and the Vietnam-validated Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), the UCLA Loneliness Scale (UCLA-8), the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire – Adolescents Short Form (TEIQue-ASF), which yields four sub-scale scores and a Global EI score.