ArticleJournal of women & aging
Experiencing menopause in the UK: The interrelated narratives of normality, distress, and transformation.
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The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Self-Compassion Training for Menopausal Women on Their Genital Self-Image and Self-Anger
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.
- Women's Menopausal Experiences in the UK: A Systemic Literature Review of Qualitative Studies.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Pooled it
- Women's experiences and expectations during the menopause transition: a systematic qualitative narrative review.Health promotion international · 2025Pooled it
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- Effects of Social Media Narratives on Affective and Behavioral Responses to Menopause Content: Randomized Online Experimental Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Trial
- Australian trans and gender diverse people's understandings of menopause: beyond cisgenderism, heterosexism, and binary-based gender in the current 'menopause moment'.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- Out of synchrony with the imagined self: A scoping review of self-concept in premature ovarian insufficiency and early menopause.British journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Australian Women's Knowledge of Perimenopause and Menopause.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society · 2026Article
- A robber of joy or a natural transition? a qualitative exploration of women's menopause experiences in Ireland.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Reimagining menopause by expanding assumptions shaping research: A scoping review of gender and sexuality diverse people's experiences and expectations.International journal of transgender health · 2026Review
- Rising premature menopause and variations by education level in India.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Primary care clinicians' perspectives on interacting with patients with gynaecological conditions: a systematic review.BJGP open · 2024Article
- Relationship between Self-Perception of Aging and Quality of Life in the Different Stages of Reproductive Aging in Mexican Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- An online survey of perimenopausal women to determine their attitudes and knowledge of the menopause.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
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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