| A Study of the Relationship between Stressful Life Events and Mental Health in Middle-aged Women |
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Mi-Hae Sung1, Ja Won Yoon2, Hae Young Son2 |
1Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Inje University
2RN-BSN 4th Grade Student, Department of Nursing, Inje University |
| 중년여성의 일상생활 스트레스와 정신건강상태 |
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성미혜1, 윤자원2, 손 혜영2 |
1인제대학교 간호학과 부교수
2인제대학교 RN-BSN4학년 |
Correspondence:
Mi-Hae Sung, Tel: +82-51-890-6825, Fax: +82-51-896-9840,
Email: nursmh@inje.ac.kr
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Received: 9 May 2005 • Accepted: 3 June 2005 |
| Abstract |
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between stressful life events and mental health in order to identifying nursing strategies to improve the mental health of middle-aged women.
Methods
The subjects of this study was 200 middle-aged women between 35 to 60 years of age, who lived in Seoul. Data was collected by questionnaire surveys using the convenience sampling. The instruments used for this study were McCubbin*s life event stress scale and Derogatis's SCL-90-R. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient with SPSS WIN 10.0 program.
Results
The stressful life events of middle aged women indicated a significantly positive correlation to mental health(r=.443, p<.01). The general characteristics that showed a significant difference for the stressful life events were age(F=5.25, p<.05), education (F-16.80, p<.01), job(t=2.29, p,.05), religion(F=6.10, p<.01), family income(F=6.41, p<.001), number of child (F=5.28, p<.01), marital satisfaction(F=9.05, p<.001). And the general characteristics that showed a significant difference for the mental health were education(F=3.80, p<.05), marital status(F=4.54, p<.01), living arrangement (F=2.85, p<.05), family income(F=3.14, p<.05), number of child(F=3.07, p<,05), marital satisfaction(F=l3.23, p<.001).
Conclusion
These results suggested that stress in life for middle aged women is closely connected with mental health. So it is desirable to help middle aged women cope with their stress constructively through special counselling and training in improving human relations. |
| Key Words:
Stress; Mental health; Middle-aged women |
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