INFLUENCES OF CREATIVITY, DEPRESSION, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING ON PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS IN MIDLIFE WOMEN.
Contributors: Texas Woman's University.
Published: 1988
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Women's Studies.; Psychology, General.
Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among psychological well-being, perceived creativity/talent, depression, and perimenopausal symptoms experienced by women during midlife. The sample consisted of 143 subjects between the ages of 40 and 64 years from a large southwestern city and surrounding communities. The Midlife Development of Women Participants Profile Sheet, a demographic and reproductive history checklist, was developed for the study. Five preexisting instruments were used: the Khatena-Torrance Creative Perception Inventory, the Khatena-Morse Multitalent Perception Inventory, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, the Menopausal Index Scale, and the Well-Being Scale.

The theoretical framework is derived from biological systems, Erikson's theory of psychosocial development and Bradburn's model of psychosocial well-being. A model of midlife transition of women was developed and tested. Pearson product moment correlation, Spearman rank-order correlation, path analysis, and stepwise multiple regression were used for data analysis.

Findings indicated that depression explained 23% of the variance, and talent perception explained 25% of the variance. Creative perception and psychological well-being did not enter either of the two blocks on the stepwise multiple regression. A significant relationship was found between talent perception and total symptoms and between depression and total symptoms. A significant inverse relationship was found between psychological well-being and total perimenopausal symptoms. A significant relationship was found between talent and creativity perception and a significant inverse relationship between psychological well-being and depression.

The model was redefined based on the findings. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-10, Section: B, page: 4238.

Thesis (PH.D.)--TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY, 1988.

School code: 0925.