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Self Compassion: A Resilience Factor during the Menopause Transition
Lydia Brown, psychologist PhD/MA (Clinical Psychology) PhD submitted July 2015 University of Melbourne, Australia
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(Freeman et. al., 2011; Sarrell et. al., 2015)
The Burden of Hot Flushes
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Sarah Sheila
(Brown et al., 2014; Carpenter & Rand, 2008; Rand et. al., 2011)
15%
85%
Percent of variance in hot flush interference ratings not explained by flush frequency
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Self-Compassion • Healthy way of relating towards the self when facing
difficulties (Neff, 2002)
Self-Kindness Common Humanity Mindfulness
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Methods • Community sample of 517 women
aged 40-60 who had participated in an earlier longitudinal study of health and well-being ▫ 206 women reported current hot
flushes ▫ 10 year longitudinal data for 490
participants • Structural equation modelling
using Mplus statistical software
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Results
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Menopausal Predictors or Well-being
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Self-compassion, Menopause and Well-being
∆ R2 = .02 - .10
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It Isn’t All in Your Head Self-compassion Take control
• Dialogue • Workplace issues • Health care • Personal cooling • Education
• Self-kindness • Common
humanity • Mindfulness
Self-Compassion
Take Control
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Menopause occurs in a cultural context. A context that often glorifies youth.
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Positive Attitude to Ageing Negative attitude to Ageing
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• Brown, L., Bryant, C., Brown, V. M., Bei, B., & Judd, F. K. Self-compassion attitudes to ageing and well-being among midlife women. Ageing and Mental Health, In press.
• Brown, L., Bowden, S., Bryant, C., Brown, V. M., Bei, B., Glison, K. & Judd, F. K. The Validity and Utility of the Attitudes to Ageing Questionnaire in Predicting Menopausal Factors and Well-being Trajectories. Maturitas, in press.
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Two Tiers of Intervention
Prime, Plan, Peer-pressure
NUDGES (PPP)
Talk, Touch, Take-control
EXERCISES(TTT)
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Research Team
Assoc. Prof. Christina Bryant Prof. Fiona Judd
Committee members Prof. Stephen Bowden, Assoc. Prof. Jennifer Boldero and Prof. Henry Jackson
Dr. Bei Bei and Ms. Valerie Brown
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