COPING STRATEGIES, MENTAL HEALTH AND PERFECTIONISM IN UNDERGRADUATES: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MUSIC STUDENTS AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Students prepare themselves for university through high levels of commitment and compromise, throughout extensive compulsory study. Musical studies also require an extensive compulsory study stage, but with different levels of commitment and compromise. Taking in account similarities and differences between both degrees, this study aims to analyse coping strategies, mental health, perfectionism, and the concept of sacrifice that different undergraduates from university degrees, music degrees and both have. For this purpose, 60 students participated, a mixed methodology was used, and results show no significant statistical differences between the three groups, but it discusses the relevance of them, and the need of support so this student body can be successful in their studies.