Stress vulnerability and climacteric symptoms: Life events, coping behavior, and severity of symptoms

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 170-178

  Igarashi, Miyuki ^a   Saito, Hidekazu ^a   Morioka, Yukiko ^a   Oiji, Arata ^a   Nadaoka, Toshihide ^b   Kashiwakura, Masaki ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tsuruoka Kyoritsu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climacteric symptoms; Comparative study; Coping; Life change events; Menopause; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0034076797     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010241     Document Type: Article

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