The impact of self-compassion on psychological-wellbeing among high school students in Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam: A cross sectional study Nguyen Huu, Long Quang, Huy-Ngo High school students Mental health Psychology-well-being Self-compassion Background: self-compassion has been correlated with well-being among adults; there are a few studies on the relationship between self-compassion and psychological well-being in samples of highschool students. This study aimed to determine the correlation between self-compassion and psychological well-being. Methodology: Participants were two hundred forty-seven (177 males and 70 females) students from five high schools in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Participants completed two-scale, including the self-compassion scale (SCS) and Ryff scales of psychological well-being. Regression was computed to analyze the component of self-compassion predicting psychological well-being. The t-test also computed analysis to compare the differences between the males and females in students' psychological well-being. Results: There was a difference between high school students in the male group and those in the female. More specially, this study elucidated that selfcompassion was essential in increasing psychological well-being. Discussion and conclusion: The study provides practical implications for applying self-compassion interventions to improve high school students’ psychological distress and well-being. 2023-02-03T07:56:04Z 2023-02-03T07:56:04Z 2022-09-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Long Nguyen Huu, Huy-Ngo Quang (2022). The impact of self-compassion on psychological-wellbeing among high school students in Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam: A cross sectional study. Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers,Vol. 13(3). 170-176. DOI: [10.47750/jett.2022.13.03.017] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/79606 10.47750/jett.2022.13.03.017 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Universidad de Granada