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- Title
Being in the Script of Menopause: Mapping the Complexities of Coping Strategies.
- Authors
Kafanelis, Betty Vicki; Kostanski, Marion; Komesaroff, Paul A.; Stojanovska, Lily
- Abstract
In this article we explore the discourses of menopause, aging, and the complexities of coping with both menopause and aging among 30 women between the ages of 43 and 61 years living in Melbourne, Australia. Employing a qualitative design with thematic analysis, we uncover the complexity and heterogeneity of coping styles. Three major coping strategies are identified: inventive, troubled, and reactive. Recognition of the variety of coping strategies creatively negotiated within the dynamic, complex processes of aging and menopause might assist women in developing effective responses to these sometimes challenging life experiences.
- Subjects
MENOPAUSE; AGING; WOMEN; QUALITATIVE research; THEMATIC analysis; LIFE change events; PHYSIOLOGICAL adaptation; HEALTH; DISEASES
- Publication
Qualitative Health Research, 2009, Vol 19, Issue 1, p30
- ISSN
1049-7323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1049732308327352