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. 2021 Aug 21;57(2):279–291. doi: 10.1007/s00127-021-02156-z

Table 2.

Contribution of the variables to the first two dimensions of the MCA

Variable Dimension 1 (%) Dimension 2 (%)
Positive mental health factors
Mental well-being 8.9 10.8
Health-related quality of life 10.4 12.7
Resilience: personal competence 9.1 11.9
Resilience: social competence 5.4 7.3
Resilience: structured style 6.7 7.4
Resilience: social resources 7.8 8.4
Resilience: family cohesion 8.1 10.4
School resilience 6.4 6.1
Mental disorder-related factors
Perceived stress 7.3 7.1
Depression scale 8.1 6.9
Anxiety scale 6.2 4.2
Physical fight 1.7 0.5
Bullied (victim) 1.6 0.4
Cyber-bullied (victim) 2.3 1.4
Bullying (perpetrator) 2.5 0.3
Cyber-bullying (perpetrator) 1.6 0.4
Smoking tobacco 1.8 1.3
Drinking alcohol 1.1 0.4
Getting drunk 1.3 0.8
Using cannabis 1.3 1.0

Data are represented by percentages (%). The expected average contribution is 5% (100% divided by 20 variables)

The dimension 1 explains the gradient of the mental health status of the participants, and the dimension 2 identifies the extreme values of the mental health outcomes