(2018) Rise and fall: two sides of a coin of middle aged women's perceptions of reproductive: a qualitative study. Archives of Womens Mental Health. pp. 421-428. ISSN 1434-1816
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Abstract
The present study was conducted to determine the perceptions of middle-aged women of reproductive changes. The present study was a qualitative research with a content analysis approach. The participants were 30 middle-aged women whose perceptions of reproductive changes had been collected on in-depth semi-structured interviews. The data were analyzed using the Graneheim and Lundman's inductive content analysis method. The main themes extracted from the data were a sense of "fall" and "the beginning of a new life cycle." A feeling of fall was formed from the subthemes "deterioration of youth," "the dusk of femininity," and "fade-out of the gender roles." The theme "beginning of a new life cycle" was formed from the subthemes of "acceptance," "sophistication," and "maturity." Middle-aged women had a wide range of emotions experienced from the reproductive changes ranging from a feeling of decline to that of excellence and rise.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | middle-aged women reproductive qualitative study menopausal symptoms of-life experiences community attitudes midlife esteem health |
Divisions: | Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery > Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery > Student Research Committee Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center |
Page Range: | pp. 421-428 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Archives of Womens Mental Health |
Journal Index: | ISI |
Volume: | 21 |
Number: | 4 |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-018-0815-4 |
ISSN: | 1434-1816 |
Depositing User: | Zahra Otroj |
URI: | http://eprints.mui.ac.ir/id/eprint/6879 |
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