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Coping styles and personality domains related to menopausal stress.

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Bosworth, HB; Bastian, LA; Rimer, BK; Siegler, IC
Published in: Womens Health Issues
2003

PURPOSE: Examine the role of coping styles and personality domains in relationship to stress associated with menopause. DATA/INFORMATION: Data are from 170 women ages 45 to 54 who completed a mailed questionnaire and a telephone interview that assessed women's stress associated with menopause, coping style, personality, menopausal symptoms, depressive symptoms, and use of hormone replacement therapy. RESULTS: Rating menopause as stressful was associated with higher levels of neuroticism, seeking social support, and avoidance, and lower levels of agreeableness in unadjusted analyses. In a multivariate model, menopausal symptoms, seeking social support, and neuroticism accounted for 21% of the variance in rating menopause as stressful. CONCLUSIONS: Health care providers treating women going through menopause should be aware that the stress response to the menopause transition is multifactorial and is associated with women's individual personalities and coping styles.

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Published In

Womens Health Issues

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ISSN

1049-3867

Publication Date

2003

Volume

13

Issue

1

Start / End Page

32 / 38

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Women's Health
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Social Support
  • Public Health
  • Personality
  • North Carolina
  • Neurotic Disorders
  • Middle Aged
  • Menopause
 

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Bosworth, H. B., Bastian, L. A., Rimer, B. K., & Siegler, I. C. (2003). Coping styles and personality domains related to menopausal stress. Womens Health Issues, 13(1), 32–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1049-3867(02)00192-5
Bosworth, Hayden B., Lori A. Bastian, Barbara K. Rimer, and Ilene C. Siegler. “Coping styles and personality domains related to menopausal stress.Womens Health Issues 13, no. 1 (2003): 32–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1049-3867(02)00192-5.
Bosworth HB, Bastian LA, Rimer BK, Siegler IC. Coping styles and personality domains related to menopausal stress. Womens Health Issues. 2003;13(1):32–8.
Bosworth, Hayden B., et al. “Coping styles and personality domains related to menopausal stress.Womens Health Issues, vol. 13, no. 1, 2003, pp. 32–38. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s1049-3867(02)00192-5.
Bosworth HB, Bastian LA, Rimer BK, Siegler IC. Coping styles and personality domains related to menopausal stress. Womens Health Issues. 2003;13(1):32–38.
Journal cover image

Published In

Womens Health Issues

DOI

ISSN

1049-3867

Publication Date

2003

Volume

13

Issue

1

Start / End Page

32 / 38

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Women's Health
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Social Support
  • Public Health
  • Personality
  • North Carolina
  • Neurotic Disorders
  • Middle Aged
  • Menopause