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

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 4 Categorization of stressful events, feelings, and avoidant and or passive behavioral patterns

Stressful life events		Emotions and feelings		Avoidant or passive behavioral patterns
Categories	n	Categories	n	Categories	n
Romantic relationship problems	16	Sadness or unhappiness	18	Become isolated or avoiding people	35
Family problems	10	Discouragement or disinterest	16	Stop doing activities	17
Distance from family	7	Anxiety or anguish	11	Staying in bed or being inactive	12
Financial problems	6	Irritation, anger, and vexation	8	Ruminating or being concerned	10
Problems at work	6	Inferiority	7	Sleeping	6
Grieving	5	Helplessness or hopelessness	6	Quarreling	4
Physical or verbal violence	4	Crying	4	Drinking	2
Accidents	2	Changes in sleep patterns	4	Procrastinating	2
Physical or health problems	2	Guilt	2	Other ones^c	2
Other ones^a	4	Other ones^b	4	-

^aLegal problems (n = 2), interpersonal problems (n = 1), housing problems (n = 1)
^bPain (n = 3), being replaced (n = 1)
^cDrinking alcoholic beverages (n = 2), procrastinating (n = 2), browsing the Internet (n = 1)