The purpose of this study was to explore whether or not there were common characteristics, including any differences among self-reports scores/classifications of women over 45 years of age, receiving and not receiving hormone replacement therapy (HRT), on measures of generalized contentment (depression), marital satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, sex-role identity, and health locus of control. A random survey of 1,000 Florida members of The American Association of University Women produced 318 complete and usable responses. The subjects were classified into unmarried and married groups. The unmarried group reported on three of the dependent variables measuring generalized contentment (depression), health locus of control, and sex-role identity. The married group responded to two additional dependent variables--marital and sexual satisfaction. / As this was an exploratory study, the statistical procedure of cluster analysis was utilized to determine what homogeneous groupings emerged according to how the subjects self-reports corresponded to their HRT status. Four clusters were subjectively selected for each of the unmarried and married groups, and a MANOVA was used to validate the clustering solutions. An ANOVA procedure for the unmarried subjects provided further evidence that the clusters were significantly different on the depression measure, but were not significantly different on the health locus of control and the sex-role measure. In addition, there was a differential effect of HRT on the depression measure, but not on the health locus of control or sex-role measures. / For the married subjects, the clusters were significantly different on measures of depression, marital and sexual satisfaction, but not for health locus of control or sex-role identity. There was no differential effect on any of the dependent measures among the married subjects regardless of HRT status. There was no interaction effects of cluster x treatment for either the unmarried or married group. / Despite the lack of statistical significance, this study supports previous research findings of a decrease in depression after administration of HRT (24% of the non-HRT subjects in this study are depressed compared to 12% depression among the HRT subjects). / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-05, Section: A, page: 1222. / Major Professor: E. Jane Burkhead. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1989.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78004 |
| Contributors | St. Hillier, Donna Jones., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 178 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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