The aim of this study was to explore whether spirituality was associated with menopausal symptoms. Menopausal symptoms, spirituality, health and menopausal status, and socio-demographic variables were assessed in a community sample of 710 peri- and postmenopausal women. A structural model was explored using structural equation modeling. The results evidence spirituality as a significant contributor regarding the severity of most menopausal symptoms. Among others, spirituality had a significant weight in depressive mood (β = -.414; p < .001), anxiety (β = -.308; p < .001), cognitive impairment (β = -.287; p < .001), vasomotor (β = -.125; p = .005) and sexual symptoms (β = -.211; p < .001). Some socio-demographic variables, as well as perceived health, also predicted the menopausal symptoms' severity. Therefore, spirituality can have a positive impact on the menopausal symptoms' reporting. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
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Pimenta, F., Maroco, J., Ramos, C., & Leal, I. (2014). Menopausal Symptoms: Is Spirituality Associated with the Severity of Symptoms? Journal of Religion and Health, 53(4), 1013–1024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-013-9696-z
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