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Articles

Menopause-related symptoms, meaninglessness, and life satisfaction in Mexican women

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Pages 1247-1258 | Received 22 Jul 2021, Accepted 28 Dec 2021, Published online: 10 Mar 2022
 

Abstract

We studied the influence of meaninglessness and life satisfaction on menopause-related symptoms in 342 middle-aged Mexican women. They completed the Greene Climacteric Scale, the Dimensional Scale of the Meaning of Life, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Psychological symptoms were predicted by meaninglessness and life satisfaction; somatic symptoms only by meaninglessness; and the sexual symptom by meaninglessness and by the menopausal status. These findings may be useful in designing strategies to help women find meaning and satisfaction in their lives and thereby enable them to experience menopause under optimum conditions.

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Consejo de Ciencia y Tecnología of Mexico for the scholarship awarded to the first author to study the PhD in Psychology (Universidad Veracruzana), since this article is part of her PhD project.

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The authors report no conflict of interest.

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