ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2024
An influence of menopausal symptoms on mental health, emotion perception, and quality of life: a multi-faceted approach.
Article in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Distinct intrinsic neural connectivity of an emotion regulation network across the menopausal transition.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2026Article
- Perceived stress as a mediator between negative life events and psychosocial quality of life during the menopausal transition: A path analysis.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2026Article
- Aging anxiety and menopause-specific quality of life: the parallel mediating roles of self-efficacy and self-acceptance.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Not your mother's hormone therapy: Highly selective estrogen receptor beta agonists as next-generation therapies for menopausal symptom relief.Hormones and behavior · 2025Review
- Gut microbiota has the potential to improve health of menopausal women by regulating estrogen.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
- Exploring the alignment between clinician-reported assessment of social autonomy and patient-reported assessment of quality of life in mood disorders: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Transitions in Silence: Menopause and Well-being Among Midlife Women.Journal of mid-life healthArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe menopausal transition brings with it many physical, cognitive, and affective changes in a woman's life, impacting quality of life. Whereas prior work has examined impact on general mental health and cognitive function, research on basic affective processing during menopause remains scarce.
methodsUsing a median-split procedure, this pre-registered study examined the impact of stronger (N = 46 women) vs. milder (N = 47 women) menopausal symptoms using a behavioural task of subjective emotion perception (embody) and a passive eye tracking viewing task of emotional faces in addition to self-report questionnaires. After 3 months, participants completed the questionnaires again to examine whether objective measures of emotion perception (eye tracking) might predict mental health at follow-up.
resultsAs anticipated, women with stronger vs. milder menopausal symptoms reported increased symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress, emotion regulation difficulties, and lower quality of life during both time points. While no evidence was found in the behavioural task, eye tracking data indicated blunted emotion perception in women with high menopausal symptoms, while women with low symptoms spent more time looking at happy faces relative to fearful or surprised faces. Although eye tracking or hormonal data did not predict mental health at follow-up, a higher estradiol/FSH ratio indicated a higher quality of life.
conclusionsThis study documented an impact of the menopausal transition and strength of menopausal symptoms in particular on objective emotion perception as well as mental health and quality of life in women suffering from stronger vs. milder menopausal symptoms. Clinical implications are discussed.
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