above average small family required transitions intelligence size responsibility strong cultural and economic security identity and ethnic school more than two helpfulness pride achievement between good physical siblings opportunities health access to support problem solving for some services skills responsibility success and within the recognition of community/cultural internal locus family (for achievement norms against of control child or adult) violence school social supportive against competence relationship violence with social skills (for a child or adult) good coping style strong family and optimism morality moral beliefs values positive cognitions physical activity Table 2: Risk factors potentially influencing the development of mental health problems and mental disorders in individuals (particularly children) NB: the following tables list influences on the development of mental health problems not the causes. Individual Family/social School Life events and Community and Factors factors context situations cultural factors Prenatal having a teenage Bullying physical, sexual socio-economic damage mother and emotional disadvantage peer rejection abuse Prematurity having a single social or parent poor school cultural birth injury attachment to transitions discrimination absence of father school
above average intelligence school achievement problem solving skills internal locus of control social competence social skills good coping style optimism moral beliefs values positive cognitions physical activity small family size more than two between siblings responsibility within the family (for child or adult) supportive relationship with (for a child or adult) strong family and morality required responsibility and helpfulness opportunities for some success and recognition of achievement school against violence transitions economic security good physical health strong cultural identity and ethnic pride access to support services community/cultural norms against violence Table 2: Risk factors potentially influencing the development of mental health problems and mental disorders in individuals (particularly children) NB: the following tables list influences on the development of mental health problems not the causes. Individual Factors Family/social factors School context Life events and situations Community and cultural factors Prenatal damage Prematurity birth injury having a teenage mother having a single parent absence of father Bullying peer rejection poor attachment to school physical, sexual and emotional abuse school transitions socio-economic disadvantage social or cultural discrimination