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Psychosocial factors promoting resilience during the menopausal transition
- Source :
- Archives of Women's Mental Health
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Despite significant biological, psychological, and social challenges in the perimenopause, most women report an overall positive well-being and appear to be resilient to potentially negative effects of this life phase. The objective of this study was to detect psychosocial variables which contribute to resilience in a sample of perimenopausal women. A total of 135 healthy perimenopausal women aged 40–56 years completed a battery of validated psychosocial questionnaires including variables related to resilience, well-being, and mental health. First, using exploratory factor analysis, we examined which of the assessed variables related to resilience can be assigned to a common factor. Second, linear regression analyses were performed to investigate whether a common resilience factor predicts well-being and mental health in the examined sample of women. Optimism (LOT-R-O), emotional stability (BFI-K-N), emotion regulation (ERQ), self-compassion (SCS-D), and self-esteem (RSES) in perimenopausal women can be allocated to a single resilience-associated factor. Regression analyses revealed that this factor is related to higher life satisfaction (SWLS; β = .39, p R2 = .20), lower perceived stress (PSS-10; β = − .55, p R2 = .30), lower psychological distress (BSI-18; β = − .49, p R2 = .22), better general psychological health (GHQ-12; β = − .49, p R2 = .22), milder menopausal complaints (MRS II; β = − .41, p R2 = .18), and lower depressive symptoms (ADS-L; β = − .32, p R2 = .26). The α levels were adjusted for multiple testing. Our findings confirm that several psychosocial variables (optimism, emotional stability, emotion regulation, self-compassion, and self-esteem) can be allocated to one common resilience-associated factor. This resilience factor is strongly related to women’s well-being as well as mental health in perimenopause.
- Subjects :
- Adult
media_common.quotation_subject
Well-being
UFSP13-4 Dynamics of Healthy Aging
Psychological health
2738 Psychiatry and Mental Health
Optimism
Surveys and Questionnaires
Humans
Medicine
women’s mental health
media_common
Resilience
10093 Institute of Psychology
business.industry
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Life satisfaction
2729 Obstetrics and Gynecology
Middle Aged
Resilience, Psychological
Mental health
Exploratory factor analysis
Perimenopause
Psychiatry and Mental health
Cross-Sectional Studies
Mental Health
Female
Original Article
Psychological resilience
Menopause
150 Psychology
business
Psychosocial
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14351102 and 14341816
- Volume :
- 24
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives of Women's Mental Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....12c925736a3c9deb74e6c6d1f63fda2a