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Body image, satisfaction with sexual life, self-esteem and anxio-depressive symptoms: a comparative study between pre-menopausal, peri-menopausal and post-menopausal women

Natalène Séjourné
Fabrice Got
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Catherine Solans
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Menopause is an important life transition in women and it is associated with significant physical and psychological changes. This study aimed at examining how the menopausal transition influences body image and satisfaction with sexual life. To this aim, body image dissatisfaction, sexual dissatisfaction and self-esteem were compared in three groups of women with distinct menopausal status (premenopausal n = 142, perimenopausal n= 66 or postmenopausal n= 149), while controlling for depressive and anxiety symptoms and BMI. Using ANOVA between these 3 groups, we observed that dissatisfaction with body image was significantly higher in the perimenopausal sample compared with its premenopausal counterpart. In the postmenopausal sample, body image improved, as this group displayed body image scores close to the premenopausal level. In addition, sexual dissatisfaction was significantly increased in the perimenopausal and postmenopausal samples, which is compatible with the concept that higher body appreciation positively predicted sexual function. We conclude that body image dissatisfaction reaches a maximum during the perimenopausal phase, before returning to a level nearly identical between the premenopausal and the postmenopausal phases.
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hal-03190633 , version 1 (06-04-2021)

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Natalène Séjourné, Fabrice Got, Catherine Solans, Patrick Raynal. Body image, satisfaction with sexual life, self-esteem and anxio-depressive symptoms: a comparative study between pre-menopausal, peri-menopausal and post-menopausal women. Journal of Women and Aging, 2018, 31 (1), pp.18-29. ⟨10.1080/08952841.2018.1510247⟩. ⟨hal-03190633⟩
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