Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università Degli Studi di Torino, 10124 Torino, Italy.
Dipartimento di Scienze Psicologiche, Della Salute e Del Territorio, Università di Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 24;18(19):10029. doi: 10.3390/ijerph181910029.
(1) Background: The increasing presence of employed women undergoing menopause has stimulated a growing corpus of research highlighting the complex relationship between menopause and work. Nevertheless, little is known regarding the mechanism by which menopause affects work ability and work-related well-being. In order to fill this gap in the literature, the present study examines whether and how menopausal symptoms affect the relationship between job demands, work ability, and exhaustion. (2) Method: In total, 1069 menopausal women, employed as administrative officers in a public organization, filled out a self-report questionnaire. A moderated mediation analysis was carried out using the latent moderated structural (LMS) equation. (3) Findings: The findings of this analysis indicate that the indirect effect of work ability on the relationship between job demands and exhaustion is influenced by the exacerbating effect of menopausal symptoms on the relationship between job demands and work ability. Moreover, the conditional effect confirmed that women with high menopausal symptoms receive more exposure to the negative effects of job demands on work ability compared to women with low menopausal symptoms. (4) Conclusion: The present findings may help in addressing interventions to prevent negative outcomes for menopausal women and their organizations.
(1) 背景：越来越多的处于绝经期的职业女性的存在，激发了大量研究关注绝经期和工作之间的复杂关系。然而，对于绝经期如何影响工作能力和与工作相关的幸福感的机制，我们知之甚少。为了填补这一文献空白，本研究检验了绝经期症状是否以及如何影响工作需求、工作能力和疲惫之间的关系。(2) 方法：总共 1069 名处于绝经期的女性，作为公共组织的行政人员，填写了一份自我报告问卷。使用潜在调节中介结构（LMS）方程进行了调节中介分析。(3) 结果：这项分析的结果表明，工作能力对工作需求与疲惫之间关系的间接影响受到绝经期症状对工作需求与工作能力之间关系的加剧作用的影响。此外，条件效应证实，与绝经期症状低的女性相比，绝经期症状高的女性更多地受到工作需求对工作能力的负面影响的影响。(4) 结论：本研究结果可能有助于针对绝经期女性及其组织采取干预措施，以预防负面后果。
