Papini Dennis R, Intrieri Robert C, Goodwin Paige E
Department of Psychology, Western Illinois University, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455, USA.
Women Health. 2002;36(4):55-68. doi: 10.1300/J013v36n04_05.
One-hundred and sixty-nine-married couples participated in a study designed to examine the relationship of menopausal attitude to the frequency of menopausal symptoms at midlife. Participants completed the Bowles' (1986a) Menopause Attitude Scale and a modified version of the Menopausal Symptoms Checklist (Neugarten & Kraines, 1965). Wives expressed a more positive attitude toward menopause than their husbands, and wives reported experiencing more menopausal symptoms than their husbands perceived them as having. Post-menopausal women expressed a more positive attitude toward menopause than peri-menopausal women or women who had experienced surgical menopause. For both men and women, a positive attitude toward menopause was associated with women who reported fewer menopausal symptoms. A preliminary Structural Equation Model is presented as an effort to further stimulate the development of a theoretical model of attitude toward menopause among middle-aged married couples.
169对已婚夫妇参与了一项旨在研究中年时期更年期态度与更年期症状出现频率之间关系的研究。参与者完成了鲍尔斯（1986a）的更年期态度量表以及更年期症状清单的修订版（纽加顿和克莱恩斯，1965）。妻子们对更年期的态度比丈夫们更积极，而且妻子们报告的更年期症状比丈夫们所认为的她们有的症状更多。绝经后女性对更年期的态度比围绝经期女性或经历过手术绝经的女性更积极。对于男性和女性而言，对更年期持积极态度与报告更年期症状较少的女性相关。本文提出了一个初步的结构方程模型，旨在进一步推动针对中年已婚夫妇更年期态度理论模型的发展。
