Table 2.

Definitions of happiness: percentage of participants mentioning each category and subcategory by group, and comparisons between groups.

	PwMS	Control 1	χ2	Caregivers	Control 2	χ2
Psychological definitions	54.72	93.33	22.51**	66.67	80.00	2.61
Harmony/balance	68.97	60.71	0.56	63.89	72.92	0.78
Other eudaimonic	24.14	39.29	1.95	25.00	41.67	2.52
Hedonic	41.38	46.43	0.19	27.78	33.33	0.30
Positive states	10.34	10.71		2.78	8.33
Family	45.28	15.00	12.48*	51.85	28.33	6.58
Intrinsic value	28.00	11.11		13.79	11.76
Sharing	48.00	55.56	0.69	44.83	58.82	0.83
Personal contribution	4.00	11.11		10.34	0
Family well-being	12.00	22.22		34.48	23.53
Personal reward	28.00	22.22		20.69	23.53
Interpersonal relations	15.09	23.33	1.22	12.96	30.00	4.82
Health	11.32	8.33	0.29	12.96	15.00	0.10
Work	11.32	1.67		5.56	8.33
Standard of living	1.89	1.67		7.41	3.33
Leisure	5.66	0		0	1.67
Spirituality, Religion	3.77	1.67		3.70	6.67
Community, Society	7.55	5.00		0.00	3.33
Life in general	0	13.33		3.70	8.33
N participantsa	53	60		54	60

^aEach participant could provide more than one answer; Bonferroni adjusted alpha

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01; χ²-values are not reported if the no. of participants in one or more cells falls below 5.