“…In the transition process to higher education, students have reported difficulties with fitting into the academic context, the more intense workload, distance from family and friends, family, personal and societal pressures, lack of identification with the course, and financial issues, which may cause feelings such as worry, disappointment, irritability, and impatience (Facioli et al, 2020;Lelis et al, 2020;Rocha et al, 2020), resulting in dropout and even mental illness.Due to the importance it assumes, enrollment in university can lead to a series of new adaptive challenges in students' lives (Barbosa et al, 2020). When the adaptation process does not happen effectively, students may develop symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, loneliness, suicidal ideation, burnout, use of alcohol and other drugs, and eating disorders, among others, related to predictors associated both with this phase of the life cycle and the socialisation provided by this context (Beneton et al, 2021;Sousa et al, 2020;Souza et al, 2020).In the current context, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased this group's vulnerability to mental illness. Social isolation, abrupt interruption of academic activities, remote teaching, risk of death due to infection, and loss of friends and family may result in psychological suffering, promoting conditions such as reduced sleep quality,…”