Exploring the bio-psycho–social approach to premenstrual experiences

Anson, Ofra

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(99)00079-9

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“…Firstly, such knowledge shapes women’s own expectations about their health [21,22,23,24], and secondly, it can guide the development of theoretical models of mood and mood variability. The MiDL project used a novel data collection strategy, mental health telemetry [25], which uses real-time wireless networking to transmit self-report ratings from participants’ cell phones.…”

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Mood and the Menstrual Cycle

Romans¹,

Kreindler²,

Asllani³

et al. 2012

Psychother Psychosom

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Background: Premenstrual mood symptoms are considered common in women, but such prevailing attitudes are shaped by social expectations about gender, emotionality and hormonal influences. There are few prospective, community studies of women reporting mood data from all phases of the menstrual cycle (MC). We aimed (i) to analyze daily mood data over 6 months for MC phase cyclicity and (ii) to compare MC phase influences on a woman’s daily mood with that attributable to key alternate explanatory variables (physical health, perceived stress and social support). Method: A random sample of Canadian women aged 18–40 years collected mood and health data daily over 6 months, using telemetry, producing 395 complete MCs for analysis. Results: Only half the individual mood items showed any MC phase association; these links were either with the menses phase alone or the menses plus the premenstrual phase. With one exception, the association was not solely premenstrual. The menses-follicular-luteal MC division gave similar results. Less than 0.5% of the women’s individual periodogram records for each mood item showed MC entrainment. Physical health, perceived stress and social support were much stronger predictors of mood (p < 0.0001 in each case) than MC phase. Conclusions: The results of this study do not support the widespread idea of specific premenstrual dysphoria in women. Daily physical health status, perceived stress and social support explain daily mood better than MC phase.

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Mood and the Menstrual Cycle

Romans¹,

Kreindler²,

Asllani³

et al. 2012

Psychother Psychosom

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“…4 It has been postulated that manifestation of menstrual symptoms is associated with attitudes toward menstruation. 5,15 In a conservative, rural society, menstruation is considered shameful and a hidden topic. In spite of these negative attitudes, the levels of discomfort and pain from The author declares that there is no conflict of interest.…”

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Premenstrual Syndrome and Dysmenorrhea: Urban-Rural and Multiethnic Differences in Perception, Impacts, and Treatment Seeking

Wong

2011

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

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“…In fact, there are several differences in attitudes toward menstruation that have been documented in women from different countries. Anson (1999) demonstrated that the attitudes toward menstruation of Israeli, North American, Indian, and Australian undergraduate students do differ from each other; Israeli women perceived menstruation as the most debilitating and bothersome. In a more recent study, it was shown that Indian women college students viewed menstruation as more natural than did American women students, and they also denied the effects of menstruation more than did 1 Department of Psychology, Universidad de las Américas-Puebla, Mexico.…”

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Beliefs About and Attitudes Toward Menstruation Among Young and Middle-Aged Mexicans

2005

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One hundred and twenty-one Mexican college students and 100 middle-aged Mexicans completed a questionnaire concerning beliefs about and attitudes toward menstruation. Younger people, both men and women, viewed menstruation as requiring less secrecy than did the middle-aged people. Younger women were less likely than older women to view menstruation as having proscriptions and prescriptions. However, younger men were more likely than older men to view menstruation as restricting, annoying, and disabling. Regarding gender, young men were more likely than young women to view menstruation as disabling and restricting. However, older men were less likely than older women to view menstruation as annoying and restricting. These findings are discussed in light of sociocultural differences between genders and age cohorts.Menstruation is a physiological phenomenon with multiple psychosocial elements that can have repercussions on how a woman experiences her own menstrual cycles. The cultural, social, and family environments in which people grow up have influence on their beliefs about and attitudes toward menstruation. In fact, there are several differences in attitudes toward menstruation that have been documented in women from different countries. Anson (1999) demonstrated that the attitudes toward menstruation of Israeli, North American, Indian, and Australian undergraduate students do differ from each other; Israeli women perceived menstruation as the most debilitating and bothersome. In a more recent study, it was shown that Indian women college students viewed menstruation as more natural than did American women students, and they also denied the effects of menstruation more than did American women. On the other hand, American women viewed menstruation as more debilitating than did Indian women (Hoerster, Chrisler, & Rose, 2003). Finally, another recent study shows important differences in specific aspects of attitudes toward menstruation between British and Indian undergraduates. British women showed greater agreement with items about premenstrual physical and mood changes, whereas Indian women showed greater agreement with the idea that women are more tired than usual and not expecting so much of themselves while menstruating (Bramwell, Biswas, & Anderson, 2002).Moreover, there are also differences in the attitudes toward menstruation of subcultural groups even within largely homogeneous cultures. In Western societies, such as the United States, studies conducted in the 1980s showed differences in attitudes toward menstruation that were related to gender and age. In these studies (Brooks-Gunn & Ruble, 1986;Chrisler, 1988), men were more likely than women to view menstruation as debilitating, but women were more likely than men to view it as bothersome. College students were more likely 273

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Exploring the bio-psycho–social approach to premenstrual experiences

Cited by 48 publications

References 33 publications

Mood and the Menstrual Cycle

Mood and the Menstrual Cycle

Premenstrual Syndrome and Dysmenorrhea: Urban-Rural and Multiethnic Differences in Perception, Impacts, and Treatment Seeking

Beliefs About and Attitudes Toward Menstruation Among Young and Middle-Aged Mexicans

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