title: The Ohio Midlife Women's Study.
abstract: The Ohio Midlife Women's Study was longitudinal with measurements occurring at three, 9-month intervals. Our purpose in doing this research was to examine predictors, moderators, and outcome variables associated with the transition to midlife in Caucasian and African American women. Predictor variables included loss and gain of resources. Moderators included menopause symptoms, menopausal status, attitude toward menopause, coping, and demographic characteristics. Outcome variables included anxiety, depression, and health promoting activities. To obtain the proposed final sample of 160 midlife women, an initial sample of 103 African American and 105 Caucasian "healthy" women were recruited in the community. Consistent predictors of anxiety were loss of resources, coping effectiveness, and education. Consistent predictors of depression were loss of resources and education. Health promoting activities were consistently predicted by attitude toward menopause and coping effectiveness. Stress is a better predictor of negative health outcomes than menopausal status.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242-0001, USA. greerg@aol.com
authors.forename: Greer
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Glazer
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zeller
authors.forename: Ladonna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Delumba
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kalinyak
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hobfoll
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Winchell
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hartman
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*