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Table 3 Stressful events, feelings, and avoidant or passive behavioral patterns perceived by the female patients

From: Stressful life events and passive behavioral patterns in women with major depressive disorder: a mixed method analysis nested in a clinical trial

N° (#)

Stressful life events

Feelings and emotions

Avoidant or passive behavioral patterns

1

Disagreement with mother; financial difficulties; problems at work

Discouragement; lack of interest; irritation; sleepiness

Browsing the internet aimlessly; drinking; quarreling with mother; sleeping; isolating oneself

2

Distance from siblings; lack of social support during pregnancy; father's death

Rejection; inferiority; sadness

Neglect household chores; avoiding the family; become less active; ruminating

3

Quarrel with mother-in-law; distance from the father; unaffectionate husband; not owning a house

Unhappiness; vexation; guilt; disinterest

Quarreling with mother; not playing with the daughter; not attending religious meetings; spending more time in the bedroom; procrastinating tasks

4

Robbery; disagreement with boyfriend; betrayal

Anxiety; crying; inferiority; being replaced; insomnia; disinterest

Not looking for a job; not going out; spending more time in bed; withdrawing from socialization

5

Financial difficulty; poor housing conditions; distance from children

Crying; despair; sadness; wanting to die

Stop working; sleeping; avoid the family; being less communicative

6

Disagreement with mother; financial difficulties; decreased standard of living; divorce

Anguish; frustration; sadness

Staying home; avoiding friends; staying in bed; being still; procrastinating; stop reading; ruminating

7

Divorce; brother's suicide

Anguish; discouragement; anger; sadness

Getting agitated; stop eating; becoming silent; don't leaving the house; getting isolated; being less communicative

8

Disabling accident; weight gain; dropping out of college

Anguish; anxiety; discouragement; sadness

Stop going out; staying more time in bed; getting isolated; being less communicative; ruminating

9

Accident; legal/judicial problems; demanding boss; death of someone dear to them

Crying; helplessness; physical pain; irritation; upset; disinterest; sadness

Stop listening to music; stop seeing people; sleeping; being less communicative; getting isolated; complaining with friends

10

Sick mother; family problems; bad romantic relationship; end of a relationship

Crying; discouragement; disinterest; sadness

Sleeping; being still; being inactive; ruminating

11

Quarrels with husband; taking care of the baby; financial difficulty; loneliness

Discouragement; anger; sadness

Quarreling with her husband; getting isolated; withdrawing

12

Sexual abuse; absence of father and mother; responsibilities at work

Disinterest; discouragement; inability; inferiority; sadness

Not leaving home; not socializing; ruminating

13

Husband's betrayal; disagreement with husband; problems at work

Downcast; hopelessness; anhedonia; lack of goals; sadness

Staying in bed more; avoiding going out from home; ruminating

14

Distance from daughter

Anxiety; Depression; insomnia

Stop visiting people; quit religious work; staying home; ruminating

15

Aggressive father; addicted boyfriend; lack of family and social support

Anxiety; Depression; physical pain; anhedonia; sadness

Avoiding people; psychomotor retardation; paralyze; withdrawing from socialization; declining invitations to go out

16

Mother's death; being demoted at work; performing tasks outside your role ob at work

Discouragement; feeling of loss

Spending more time drinking; not going to church; sleeping; declining invitations; getting isolated; withdrawing

17

Robbery; rape; miscarriage; betrayal

Anxiety; Depression; hatred; insomnia

Neglecting personal hygiene; neglecting household chores; spending more time at home; sleeping; withdrawing; ruminating

18

Uncommunicative husband; daughter facing difficulties; painful knee

Anguish; irritation; disinterest; discouragement

Quarreling with husband; not going to church; staying in bed; being inactive; avoiding going out; staying in the bedroom; being concerned; ruminating