Marriage, Stress and Menopause: Midlife Challenges and Joys

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Autor(a) principal: Fielder,Katherine Vaughn
Data de Publicação: 2005
Outros Autores: Kurpius,Sharon E. Robinson
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
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Resumo: This study investigated the relationship of two contextual variables (the marital relationship and stress) with the experience of menopause for 224 married midlife women. These women completed the Dyadic Adjustment Scale, the Quality of Relationship Inventory, the Women’s Health Questionnaire, the Index of Sexual Satisfaction, and the Life Events Questionnaire for Middle­‑Aged Women. Marital quality, marital satisfaction, and stress predicted menopausal symptomatology. Women in dissatisfying marriages, characterized by less social support, less depth, and higher conflict, reported increased stress and more menopausal symptomatology than did women in satisfying marriages. Sexual satisfaction was positively related to marital satisfaction. No differences were found due to menopausal stage. These findings suggest that relationship variables may override menopausal status in importance as midlife women move through the menopausal transition.
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title Marriage, Stress and Menopause: Midlife Challenges and Joys
spellingShingle Marriage, Stress and Menopause: Midlife Challenges and Joys
Fielder,Katherine Vaughn
women
menopause symptomatology
marital quality
stress
title_short Marriage, Stress and Menopause: Midlife Challenges and Joys
title_full Marriage, Stress and Menopause: Midlife Challenges and Joys
title_fullStr Marriage, Stress and Menopause: Midlife Challenges and Joys
title_full_unstemmed Marriage, Stress and Menopause: Midlife Challenges and Joys
title_sort Marriage, Stress and Menopause: Midlife Challenges and Joys
author Fielder,Katherine Vaughn
author_facet Fielder,Katherine Vaughn
Kurpius,Sharon E. Robinson
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Kurpius,Sharon E. Robinson
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv women
menopause symptomatology
marital quality
stress
topic women
menopause symptomatology
marital quality
stress
description This study investigated the relationship of two contextual variables (the marital relationship and stress) with the experience of menopause for 224 married midlife women. These women completed the Dyadic Adjustment Scale, the Quality of Relationship Inventory, the Women’s Health Questionnaire, the Index of Sexual Satisfaction, and the Life Events Questionnaire for Middle­‑Aged Women. Marital quality, marital satisfaction, and stress predicted menopausal symptomatology. Women in dissatisfying marriages, characterized by less social support, less depth, and higher conflict, reported increased stress and more menopausal symptomatology than did women in satisfying marriages. Sexual satisfaction was positively related to marital satisfaction. No differences were found due to menopausal stage. These findings suggest that relationship variables may override menopausal status in importance as midlife women move through the menopausal transition.
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