'I don't know whether it is to do with age or to do with hormones and whether it is do with a stage in your life': Making sense of menopause and the body

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 292-307

  Rubinstein, Helena R ^a   Foster, Juliet L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; body dissatisfaction; body image; menopause; self objectification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CLIMACTERIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873046208     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105312454040     Document Type: Article

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