A cross-cultural comparison of climacteric symptoms, self-esteem, and perceived social support between Mosuo women and Han Chinese women

作者：Zhang, Ying^*; Zhao, Xudong; Leonhart, Rainer; Nadig, Maya; Hasenburg, Annette; Wirsching, Michael; Fritzsche, Kurt

来源：Menopause-The Journal of the North American Menopause Society, 2016, 23(7): 784-791.

DOI：10.1097/GME.0000000000000621

• Climacteric symptoms
• Cross-cultural study
• Han Chinese
• Mosuo
• Perceived social support
• Self-esteem

Objective: This cross-cultural study aimed to compare climacteric symptoms, self-esteem, and perceived social support between Mosuo and Han Chinese women, and to explore the interaction between culture and climacteric symptoms. Mosuo is a Chinese minority group with a matriarchal structure, and Han Chinese is the majority ethnic group in China with a patriarchal structure.
Methods: Through convenience sampling, 54 Mosuo women and 52 Han Chinese women between 40 and 60 years of age completed the sociodemographic questionnaire, the Menopause Rating Scale, the Self-Esteem Scale, and the Perceived Social Support Scale.
Results: Compared with Han Chinese women, Mosuo women scored lower on the psychological (P<0.001) and the somato-vegetative (P = 0.047) subscales of the Menopause Rating Scale, but higher on the Self-Esteem Scale (P = 0.006) and the "support from family" subscale of the Perceived Social Support Scale (P = 0.004). Multiple linear regressions indicated that minority ethnicity (beta = 0.207, P = 0.016) was one of the predictive variables of psychological symptoms severity. Referring to the severity of all symptoms, predictive variables were: perceived support from family (beta = -0.210, P = 0.017); self-esteem (beta = 0.320, P<0.001); previous history of premenstrual syndrome (beta = 0.293, P<0.001); number of family members (beta = -0.229, P = 0.003); and family income (beta = -0.173, P = 0.028).
Conclusions: Differences in climacteric symptoms were found between two groups. Cultural variables such as familial structure, women's self-esteem, and perceived social support were correlated with symptomatology.

• 出版日期2016-7
• 单位同济大学