@article{oai:atomi.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000578,
 author = {宮岡, 佳子 and 加茂, 登志子},
 issue = {42(1)},
 journal = {跡見学園女子大学文学部紀要, JOURNAL OF ATOMI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LITERATURE},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {application/pdf, text, Perimenopausal period ranges from 45 to 55 years old, with 50 being the average age of menopause. Hormonal changes, especially estrogen deficiency causes menopause.The onset of depression among women in perimenopausal period is associated with hormonal changes. Women in their forties and fifties often encounter various changes in social circumstances. These psychological factors are also related to the onset of depression.We investigated psychological factors which were related to the onset of depression
 in 19 married women of middle age and compared them to 7 married, middle aged women suffering from neurotic disorder. Women in depression were worried significantly more about the relationship with their husbands rather than women in neurotic disorder.Other concerns of the depressive women were problems with their children, caring forb their parents and bereavements. Only one case in depression was suffering from empty nest syndrome that describes loneliness after children have left home. The result implies that empty nest syndrome may not be strongly related to depression in middle aged women, although it is a well-known theory. Other problems with their husbands and their children, rather than empty nest syndrome, such as the behavior of children still living at home, negative feelings toward their husbands and infidelity of their husbands were far more influential in the onset of depression.},
 pages = {A13--A20},
 title = {Psychological factors which are associated with the onset of depression in middle aged women},
 year = {2009}
}