Comparison of the menopause and midlife transition between Japanese American and European American women
Comparison of the menopause and midlife transition between Japanese American and European American women
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DOI：
10.1525/maq.2002.16.1.64
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发表时间：
2002-03-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Greendale, GA
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作者：
Kagawa-Singer, M;Kim, S;Greendale, GA
关于绝经这一普遍生物学现象的意义和经历的跨文化差异已经有了很好的文献记录，然而，很少有研究关注美国少数民族妇女对中年过渡的反应，关于亚裔美国妇女的研究就更少了。本研究比较了日裔美国女性和欧裔美国女性对中年转型的认知和经历。中年转型被视为自我保证、成熟、自我安慰和自我满足的时期。从生物学上讲，这是死亡的标志。与月经、结婚和做母亲类似，更年期被视为最终的身份转变，但在两个民族的解读上却截然不同。这项研究的发现支持了强调生物学、社会、年龄、性别和文化适应在女性普遍经历中的相互作用的跨文化理论，并建议进一步扩展这些理论，将可能影响女性衰老实际健康后果的生活方式选择纳入其中。
Cross-cultural differences in the meaning and experience of the universal biologic phenomenon of the menopause have been well documented Very few studies, however, have focused on the response to the midlife transition among ethnic minority women in the United States, and even fewer exist about Asian American women. This exploratory study compared the perceptions and experiences of the midlife transition among Japanese American and European American women. The midlife transition was viewed as a time of self-ssurance, maturity, and taking comfort and satisfaction in oneself. Biologically, it was a marker of mortality. Similar to menses, marriage, and motherhood, menopause was viewed as the final identity transformation, but interpreted quite differently by the two ethnic groups. The findings of this study support the cross-cultural theories that emphasize the interaction of biology, society, age, gender, and acculturation in this universal female experience and suggest additional expansion of these theories to incorporate lifestyle choices that may affect the actual health consequences of female aging.