Z. (1996) Treating children well: a guide to using the evidence base in commissioning and managing services for the mental health of children and young people. London. Mental Health Foundation Appendix 2 Table 1: Protective factors potentially influencing the development of mental health problems and mental disorders in individuals (particularly children) Individual Family School Life events and Community and factors factors context situations cultural factors Easy supportive sense of involvement with sense of Temperament caring parent belonging significant other connectedness person attachment to and adequate family positive school (partner/mentor) networks within the nutrition harmony climate community availability of attachment to secure and pro-social peer opportunities at participation in family stable family group critical turning church or other points or major life community group above average 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 or adult) violence school norms social supportive against competence relationship violence with other social skills adult (for a or adult) good coping style strong family norms 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
Z. (1996) Treating children well: a guide to using the evidence base in commissioning and managing services for the mental health of children and young people. London. Mental Health Foundation Appendix 2 Table 1: Protective factors potentially influencing the development of mental health problems and mental disorders in individuals (particularly children) Individual factors Family factors School context Life events and situations Community and cultural factors Easy Temperament adequate nutrition attachment to family 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 supportive caring parent family harmony secure and stable family family size more than two between siblings responsibility within the family (for or adult) supportive relationship with other adult (for a or adult) strong family norms and morality sense of belonging positive school climate pro-social peer group required responsibility and helpfulness opportunities for some success and recognition of achievement school norms against violence involvement with significant other person (partner/mentor) availability of opportunities at critical turning points or major life transitions economic security good physical health sense of connectedness attachment to and networks within the community participation in church or other community group 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 Family/social School Life events and Community and
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