In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Health Psychology Association

Document Type : Scientific Research

Authors

1 Professor in psychology,Payame Noor University.

2 PhD candidate of psychology in Payame Noor University,Tehran,Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of the present research was to study the relationship between meta-worry and symptoms of menopause with the sense of coherence among postmenopausal women in the range of 50-55 years old. So, 160 postmenopausal women in the range of 50-55 years old have been selected by available sampling from women who referred to Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Tehran. It was a descriptive-correlation research as well as Wells meta-worry beliefs (ANTI), and symptoms of menopause questionnaire (MRS) and Antonovsky psychological sense of coherence scale were used to obtain data. Data analysis was carried out by Pearson correlation test and multivariate regression. There is negative significant correlation between meta-worry beliefs and sense of coherence (P

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