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Climacteric symptoms and their relation to feminine self-concept
A Quiroga1, C Larroy2, P González-Castro1
1a Departamento Académico de Psicología , Universidad of Monterrey , Garza García , Mexico.
Summary
Women
Area of Science:
- Reproductive Health
- Psychology
- Women's Health
Background:
- The climacteric transition significantly impacts women's well-being.
- Subjective factors like self-concept and quality of life may influence symptom experience.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine how self-concept, quality of life, and depression affect climacteric symptom severity.
- To investigate the mediating role of self-concept and the moderating role of sexual quality of life.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional, non-experimental study utilizing purposive sampling.
- Statistical analysis to test a three-way interaction model.
Main Results:
- Depression predicted self-concept, which mediated climacteric symptom severity.
- Sexual quality of life moderated the depression-symptom relationship, buffering severity.
- Physical, vasomotor, and psychosocial quality of life did not show significant buffering effects.
Conclusions:
- Subjective factors, including self-concept and quality of life, significantly impact climacteric symptoms.
- Sexual quality of life plays a crucial moderating role in the relationship between depression and symptom severity during menopause.
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