چکیده:
Objective: Previous studies have shown that menopausal women are more likely to experience
depression. However, there are few studies that investigated the cognitive mechanism that may
have a role in developing depression in menopausal women. Thus, the present study aimed to
investigate the mediating role of life satisfaction in the relation between subjective evaluation
of stressors and depression in the middle-aged menopausal women.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 107 female staff were selected by available
sampling method from women aged 47 to 58 years, who were working at Shaid Beheshti
University. The participants completed the Beck depression inventory (BDI-II), Kern lifestyle
scale (KLS), and the satisfaction with life scale (SWLS). The data were analyzed by path analysis
using hierarchical regression analysis. All statistics were done by SPSS 16.
Results: The results indicated that subjective evaluation of stressors of control, self-esteem,
and perfectionism that measured by KLS in menopausal women was associated with
depression and mediated through their life satisfaction (P<0.01). The control, self-esteem, and
perfectionism styles are indirect predictors of depression through life satisfaction.
Conclusion: Our findings suggested that subjective evaluation of stressors contributed to
depression in menopausal women through affecting their life satisfaction. Objective sources of
menopausal women stress (stressors) can be considered only as the potential sources of stress.
These sources can lead to the real stress if the menopausal women perceives them as the threats
to satisfaction of fundamental needs presented through their lifestyle.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"The Relationship between Subjective Evaluation of Stressors and Depression in Menopausal Women: The Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction CrossMark Fatemeh Akbari1, Shirin Farazmand2*, Bahman Bahmani3 1.
Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of life satisfaction in the relation between subjective evaluation of stressors and depression in the middle-aged menopausal women.
Results: The results indicated that subjective evaluation of stressors of control, self-esteem, and perfectionism that measured by KLS in menopausal women was associated with depression and mediated through their life satisfaction (P<0.
In accordance with the studies indicating that the symptoms of depression in menopausal women is not just biomedical (Wilson, 2016; Perz & Ussher, 2008), we should consider that re- porting a cluster of symptoms of depression in middle- aged women may be reflective of a psychological prob- lem (Becker et al.
Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of life-satisfaction in the relationship be- tween subjective evaluation of stressors and depression in menopausal women.
The path analyses in this study supported the hypothesis that life satisfaction mediates the relationship between subjective evaluation of stressors and depression among menopausal women.
Results demonstrated that the control, perfectionism, and self-esteem lifestyles predicted life satisfaction and depressive symptoms in middle-aged menopausal women.
To this end, future stud- ies should examine the relationship between subjective evaluation of stressors, life satisfaction, and depression in menopausal women in different cultural groups that may help to generalize the findings of this study."