Validation and utility of the Attitudes to Ageing Questionnaire: Links to menopause and well-being trajectories. Issue 2 (October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brown, Lydia; Bowden, Stephen; Bryant, Christina; Brown, Valerie; Bei, Bei; Gilson, Kim-Michelle; Komiti, Angela; Judd, Fiona
• Is Part Of: Maturitas. Volume 82:Issue 2(2015:Oct.)
• Page Start: 190
• Page End: 196
• Publication Date: 2015-10
• Subjects: Climacteric -- Periodicals; Menopause -- Periodicals; Climacteric -- Periodicals; Geriatrics -- Periodicals; Menopause -- Periodicals; Middle Aged -- Periodicals; Climatère -- Périodiques; Ménopause -- Périodiques; Climacterium; Climacteric; Menopause; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 612.66
• DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.06.042
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0378-5122

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0055"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">The World Health Organisation Attitudes to Ageing Questionnaire (AAQ) was validated for use among midlife women.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">A positive attitude to ageing was found to predict a positive experience of menopause, as measured by low menopausal problem ratings and more adaptive beliefs about menopause.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Attitude to ageing was a significant predictor of 10-year well-being trajectories, in that negative age attitudes predicted declines in well-being over time.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>