Experiencing menopause in the UK: The interrelated narratives of normality, distress, and transformation.
In: Journal of women & aging, Jg. 30 (2018-11-01), Heft 6, S. 520
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We investigated the experience and perspectives of menopause among 48 UK mothers through qualitative in-depth interviews. Interviews were analyzed thematically then explored using social science theories. Three interdependent narratives emerged: menopause as a normal, biological process, distinct from self and social transitions; menopause as struggle, an "idiom of distress" expressing upset, identity loss, shame, and social upheaval; and menopause as transformative and liberating, arising from biopsychic and relational changes. Some women followed a predictable "rite of passage" trajectory with transformation emerging from distress, but not all: Menopause arises from a complex interplay of personal predicament, somatic change, and sociocultural context.
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Experiencing menopause in the UK: The interrelated narratives of normality, distress, and transformation.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | de Salis I ; Owen-Smith, A ; Donovan, JL ; Lawlor, DA |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of women & aging, Jg. 30 (2018-11-01), Heft 6, S. 520 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2009- : London : Routledge ; <i>Original Publication</i>: [Binghamton, NY] : Haworth Press,, 2018 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1540-7322 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1080/08952841.2018.1396783 |
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