A group of nursing students is reviewing risk and protective factors associated with mental disorders in the older adult population. The students demonstrate understanding of the information when they identify what as a protective factor?

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Education would be considered a protective factor. Education and income provide older adults with cognitive, economic, and coping reserves that support function and well-being, and are related to physical activity, as well as physical and cognitive function/disability. Poverty, loss, and chronic illness are considered risk factors.

A Group of Nursing Students Is Reviewing Risk and Protective