This study examines the relationship between organizational socialization tactics (context, content, and social tactics), employees' work engagement and their proactive behaviors (relationship building, positive framing and self-management). Based on a sample of 675 Vietnamese young graduated employees with highly academic background, under 35 years old and with less than 5-year working experience at their organization, the results of questionnaire survey showed that institutionalized socialization tactics can increase Vietnamese employees' proactive behaviors and their engagement to work, and in its turn, work engagement encourages proactive behaviors at workplace. Among three types of socialization tactics, social tactics were the strongest predictor on all proactive behaviors. Our results also documented a partially mediating role of work engagement in the relationship between social tactics and proactive behavior, and fully mediating role in the relationship between context, content tactics, and proactive behavior. Our results hence support the interactionist perspective in that what happens in work settings is not a result of sole organization's practice nor individual effort; rather, it is the outcome of the interaction between the organization and the individual.

Proactive coping has been documented as a significant predictor of perceived stress. When facing stressful events, the more individuals use proactive coping strategies, the lower their stress level will be. However, there is still little research of possible latent factors participating in this relationship to explain how proactive coping can reduce of perceived stress, directly and indirectly. This study aimed to examine whether self-compassion can mediate the relationship between proactive coping and perceived stress among students. In a cross-sectional study carried out in 2019, we invited 384 undergraduate students in Hanoi (Vietnam) to voluntarily complete a self-report questionnaire that measured proactive coping, self-compassion and perceived stress scale. Results showed that proactive coping was positively related to level of self-compassion, and both proactive coping and self-compassion were negatively related to stress scores. The effect of proactive coping on stress was eliminated when self-compassion was controlled, showing the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between proactive coping and perceived stress score. Furthermore, among six factors contributing to the concept of self-compassion, data documented mediating role of “self-kindness,”“self-judgment,” and “mindfulness” while no mediating role of “common humanity,”“isolation,” and “over-identification” was observed. Among three mediating factors, mindfulness appeared to be the most important factor explaining the relationship between proactive coping and perceived stress. These results consolidate existing literature of the protective role of self-compassion on psychological health, and hence provide more support for the application of self-compassion, especially of mindfulness, in working with people with stress.

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This study used an online survey of a sample of sexual minority Vietnamese women ( N = 302, Mean = 21.23) who self-identified as lesbian (48.7%), bisexual (42.2%), and other (8.9%). The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship among self-disclosure, internalized homophobia, and symptoms of depression. This topic has never before been studied in Vietnam. Structural equation modeling indicates that a higher level of self-disclosure with friends and coworkers leads to less self-stigmatization and less sexual prejudice. In addition, sexual minority women’s self-disclosure affects all three aspects of depression (negative affect, positive affect, and interpersonal relationships).