Table 3.
Themes and sub-themes that emerged from the qualitative coding.
| Major Theme | Sub-themes |
|---|---|
| The complicated factors in the environment | Family |
| Friends and Peer | |
| School and work | |
| Traditional culture | |
| Technology development | |
| Change the environment into more protective one | Selective perception |
| Disease concealment or disclosure | |
| Personality traits | Cognitive competencies |
| Positive emotions | |
| Physical condition | |
| Spiritual or motivation characteristics | |
| Resilience-related coping | Strengthen the control of disease |
| Cope with stress |