A Study of Life Satisfaction, Marital Adjustment, and Psychological Distress in Perimenopausal Women

The present study focuses on the investigation of life satisfaction, marital adjustment, and psychological distress of perimenopausal women. The sample for the study was consisted of 60 women subjects of age range 36-55 years, who were randomly selected after screening of more than 250 menopausal women. These subjects were similar in onset of menarche, education, and family type (nuclear families of medium economic status). The selected subjects were than randomly assigned to three groups according to their age of menopause, they were early, natural and late menopause. The standardized tools were used for the measurement of variables under study. The results obtained through mean and ANOVA indicated that pre-menopausal women experienced significantly lower life satisfaction and marital adjustment as compared to natural and late menopausal women.