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Table 2 EC* statements scores regarding the presence of MDD**

From: Subjective well-being’s alterations as risk factors for major depressive disorder during the perimenopause onset: an analytical cross-sectional study amongst Mexican women residing in Guadalajara, Jalisco

Indicators

With MDD scores (\({\bar{\text{x}}}\) ± SD)

Without MDD scores (\({\bar{\text{x}}}\) ± SD)

Mean difference

P value

Eudaimonia/positive statements

 Feeling of fullness with oneself

6.9 ± 2.4

8.9 ± 1.2

2.0

0.001

 Optimism with their own future

7.2 ± 2.7

8.9 ± 1.2

1.7

0.001

 Freedom of choice in their own lives

7.4 ± 2.8

9.1 ± 1.6

1.7

0.001

 Presence of strengths to adversities

7.6 ± 2.6

9.0 ± 1.4

1.4

0.001

 Feeling that what they do is worth it

7.7 ± 2.5

9.4 ± 1.1

1.7

0.001

 Feeling of fortune

7.4 ± 2.9

9.5 ± 1.0

2.1

0.001

 Feeling that what happens is because of them

7.6 ± 2.6

9.0 ± 1.3

1.4

0.001

 Feeling of purpose in their life

7.9 ± 2.5

9.3 ± 0.3

1.4

0.001

 Importance of religion in their lives

7.4 ± 2.8

8.6 ± 2.1

1.2

0.001

 Feeling of achievement throughout the day

7.4 ± 3.0

9.3 ± 1.0

1.9

0.001

Adversity/negative statements

 Inability to return to a normal state after feeling bad

7.0 ± 2.2

5.0 ± 3.1

-2.0

0.001

  1. *Eudaimonic component, **major depressive disorder
  2. \({\bar{\text{x}}}\) = mean, SD = standard deviation