Weaving a cocoon on the way to aging transcendence: Grounded theory study on aging perception during menopause transition

• Shahin-Dokht Navvabi-Rigi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Pregnancy Health Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Science, Zahedan, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1470-9219

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• Farahnaz Mohammadi-Shahboulaghi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Farahnaz Mohammadi-Shahboulaghi, Mahshid Foroughan

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mohammadifarahnaz@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Nursing, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8357-0882

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• Mahshid Foroughan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Farahnaz Mohammadi-Shahboulaghi, Mahshid Foroughan

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing (MyAgeing), University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

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