Dongxu Tan

The secondary school years serve as a crucial period for students’ rapid physical and mental development, and also a core stage where emotional fluctuations occur frequently and emotional regulation competencies are forged. Secondary school students are in a special stage of adolescence. Influenced by various factors such as academic pressure, family interaction, and interpersonal relationship, they are prone to experiencing negative emotions like anxiety, dysphoria, and low self-esteem. Without scientific guidance, they will be affected negatively on physical and mental health, academic development, and social adaptation. Secondary school mental health education serves as an important vehicle for cultivating students’ emotional regulation competencies. It is not merely simple theoretical indoctrination, but rather requires integrating with the psychological development laws of students to help students recognize, express, and regulate their emotions through systematic, regular, and diverse practical measures. Based on the current situation of secondary school mental health education, this paper deeply analyzes the existing problems in the current educational process, and explores targeted practical pathways, aiming to provide practical reference for secondary schools to enhance students’ emotional regulation competencies through mental health education, and achieve organic integration of psychological nurturing and holistic development.

Secondary School; Mental Health Education; Emotional Regulation Competencies; Implementation Frameworks

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