Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between lifestyle and women's mental health, as mediated by role attainment, life satisfaction and personality. A questionnaire was completed by 751 adult women (age25-65) with children. Based on participation in work and social activities, subjects were divided into four lifestyle groups. In mental health scores, no significant differences were found among these four groups. Although life satisfaction and attainment of life performance (e.g., as wife, mother, worker, or social activist) did not show significant differences, profiles of personality differed by lifestyles. In addition, each role attainment, life satisfaction and each personality dimension influenced mental health differently according to lifestyles. Results indicated that the quality of wife-role performance, character dimensions in personality and life satisfaction were important component of promotion of better mental health.
