Table 5.
Frequency of categories of protective factors according to students, mental health professionals, and undergraduate course coordinators
| Level | Category | Students (n = 20) |
MHP* (n = 22) |
Coor* (n = 12) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Psychological treatment | 80.0% | 86.4% | 0 |
| Medical treatment | 10.0% | 50.0% | 0 | |
| Complementary treatment | 10.0% | 9.1% | 0 | |
| Leisure activities | 33.3% | 81.8% | 0 | |
|
Leaving from the course and temporary leave of absence from the university |
5.0% | 4.5% | 0 | |
| Meaning of life | 5.0% | 22.7% | 25.0% | |
| Strengthening of internal resources | 15.0% | 81.8% | 50.0% | |
| Interpersonal | Social support | 95.0% | 90.9% | 25.0% |
| Interacting with people who have had a mental disorder | 5.0% | 13.6% | 0 | |
| Quality family relationship | 0 | 36.4% | 0 | |
| Organizational | Institutional welcome | 20.0% | 18.1% | 25.0% |
| University as a refuge for family conflicts | 0 | 0 | 8.3% | |
| Community | Religious engagement | 25.0% | 27.3% | 0 |
| Social | Civic engagement | 10.0% | 31.8% | 0 |
| Employability and opportunities for social ascension | 0 | 0 | 58.3% |
*MHP Mental Health Professionals. *Coord = undergraduate course coordinators