Survey Data on Stress and Mental Health in 549 Perimenopausal Women

A cross-sectional survey of 549 Chinese perimenopausal women, collected via face-to-face questionnaires. The dataset includes measurements of perceived stress, psychological distress, perceived social support, and psychological symptom severity. The data was authored by Tingting Ruan and last updated on 2026-05-20.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between perceived stress and psychological symptom severity based on survey scores.
• Investigating the mediating role of psychological distress between stress and mental health outcomes.
• Examining the chain-mediated effect of psychological distress and perceived social support on symptom severity.
• Modeling the impact of social support as a protective factor against stress-related mental health issues.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 549 survey responses from a specific demographic group.
• Study reports specific effect sizes for direct and mediating relationships (e.g., 0.493 direct effect).
• Data is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is limited to a single geographic and demographic context (Chinese perimenopausal women).

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey using face-to-face questionnaires with standardized scales.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 05:45:59; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China