title: [Lifestyle and mental health of adult women: links with role attainment and personality].
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between lifestyle and women's mental health, as mediated by role attainment, life satisfaction and personality. A questionnaire was completed by 751 adult women (age 25-65) with children. Based on participation in work and social activities, subjects were divided into four lifestyle groups. In mental health scores, no significant differences were found among these four groups. Although life satisfaction and attainment of life performance (e.g., as wife, mother, worker, or social activist) did not show significant differences, profiles of personality differed by lifestyles. In addition, each role attainment, life satisfaction and each personality dimension influenced mental health differently according to lifestyles. Results indicated that the quality of wife-role performance, character dimensions in personality and life satisfaction were important component of promotion of better mental health.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Human Culture, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan. g0370324@edu.cc.ocha.ac.jp
authors.forename: Motoko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010551:Personality; D012380:Role; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires