Representations of PMS and Premenstrual Women in Men's Accounts: An Analysis of Online Posts from PMSBuddy.com

King, Marlee B; Ussher, Jane M.; Perz, Janette

doi:10.1080/23293691.2014.901796

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“…The coping responses of men have been found to be a strong predictor of women’s symptom severity, with high levels of premenstrual distress associated with a partner’s avoidance, fear, and anger, and low levels of distress associated with reassurance and support [ 7 , 40 , 41 ]. Men’s constructions of ‘PMS’ have been implicated in women’s negative premenstrual experiences, with evidence that many men treat women with PMDs in a belittling way [ 42 , 43 ]. At the same time, some male partners of women with PMDs report that they experience moderate to significant disruption in their lives due to their partner’s premenstrual change [ 30 , 32 ], or report that they wished they had married someone else [ 44 ], describing the premenstrual period as like walking on eggshells [ 36 ].…”

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Evaluation of the relative efficacy of a couple cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) for Premenstrual Disorders (PMDs), in comparison to one-to-one CBT and a wait list control: A randomized controlled trial

Ussher

Perz

2017

PLoS ONE

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DesignA randomised control trial (RCT) was conducted to examine the efficacy of couple-based cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for Premenstrual Disorders (PMDs), in comparison to one-to-one CBT and a wait-list control.MethodsTriangulation of quantitative and qualitative outcome measures evaluated changes pre-post intervention. Eighty three women were randomly allocated across three conditions, with 63 completing post-intervention measures, a retention rate of 76%.ResultsRepeated measures analysis of variance found a significant time by group interaction identifying that women in the two CBT conditions reported lower total premenstrual symptoms, emotional reactivity/mood, and premenstrual distress, in comparison to the wait list control. Significantly higher active behavioural coping post-intervention was found in the couple condition than in the one-to-one and wait list control groups. Qualitative analysis provided insight into the subjective experience of PMDs and participation in the intervention study. Across groups, women reported increased awareness and understanding of premenstrual change post-intervention. A larger proportion of women in the CBT conditions reported reduction in intensity and frequency of negative premenstrual emotional reactivity, increased communication and help-seeking, increased understanding and acceptance of embodied change, and the development of coping skills, post-intervention. Increased partner understanding and improved relationship post-intervention was reported by a greater proportion of participants in the CBT conditions, most markedly in the couple condition.ConclusionThese findings suggest that one-to-one and couple CBT interventions can significantly reduce women’s premenstrual symptomatology and distress, and improve premenstrual coping. Couple based CBT interventions may have a greater positive impact upon behavioural coping and perceptions of relationship context and support. This suggests that CBT should be available for women reporting moderate-severe PMDs, with couple-based CBT offering additional benefits to a one-to-one modality.

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Evaluation of the relative efficacy of a couple cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) for Premenstrual Disorders (PMDs), in comparison to one-to-one CBT and a wait list control: A randomized controlled trial

Ussher

Perz

2017

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“…Literatürde, kendini lezbiyen veya heteroseksüel olarak tanımlayan kadınlarla ve onların eşleriyle yapılan çalışmalara dayanarak, heteroseksüel birlikteliklerdeki ataerkil ilişki yapısının hem kadınlık rolleri hem de premenstrual değişimler açısından kadınların premestrual deneyimlerini olumsuz yönde etkilediği vurgulanmaktadır 23 . Heteroseksüel çiftlerle yapılan çalışmalarda erkeklerin çoğunluğunun PMS yaşayan kadını kontrol dışı ve 'canavarca' şeklinde 48 , premenstrual değişiklikleri ise 'hormonal bir bozukluk', 'bahane', 'can sıkıcı' gibi olumsuz bir durum olarak tanımladıkları rapor edilmiştir 49 . Bazı erkeklerin kendilerini PMS deneyimleyen eşlerinin kurbanı olarak gördükleri ve bu yaşadıklarını haksızlık olarak değerlendirdikleri belirtilmiştir 49 .…”

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“…Heteroseksüel çiftlerle yapılan çalışmalarda erkeklerin çoğunluğunun PMS yaşayan kadını kontrol dışı ve 'canavarca' şeklinde 48 , premenstrual değişiklikleri ise 'hormonal bir bozukluk', 'bahane', 'can sıkıcı' gibi olumsuz bir durum olarak tanımladıkları rapor edilmiştir 49 . Bazı erkeklerin kendilerini PMS deneyimleyen eşlerinin kurbanı olarak gördükleri ve bu yaşadıklarını haksızlık olarak değerlendirdikleri belirtilmiştir 49 . Heteroseksüel çiftlerdeki kadınların ise ilişkide sorunlarının olması ve kocasının desteğinin olmamasıyla bağlantılı olarak premenstrual dönemde aşırı derecede öfkeli hissettiği bildirilmiştir 48 .…”

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Kadınlarda Premenstrual Sendrom Yaşanmasını Etkileyen Sosyal ve Kültürel Faktörler

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Hacettepe Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Dergisi

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Premenstrual sendrom kadınlar için yaygın bir sağlık sorunudur. Premenstrual sendrom, menstrual siklusun luteal evresi sırasında meydana gelen ve menstruasyonun başlangıcından birkaç gün sonra kendiliğinden azalan, fiziksel, psikolojik ve davranışsal bazı semptomları içeren klinik bir durumdur. Premenstrual sendromun gelişmesinde, gonodal steroid hormonu ile merkezi sinir sistemi nörotransmitterleri arasındaki etkileşimlerle ilişkili fizyolojik faktörler kadar psikodavranışsal ve sosyal faktörler de rol oynamaktadır. Ayrıca dünyanın farklı ülkelerinde yapılan çalışmalarda premenstrual sendrom prevalansının önemli değişiklikler göstermesi, toplumların sosyal ve kültürel bazı özelliklerinden etkilenmesiyle açıklanmaktadır. Bu derleme, kadınlarda premenstrual sendrom görülmesini etkileyen sosyal ve kültürel faktörlerle ilgili güncel bilgileri tartışmak amacıyla hazırlanmıştır. PMS’yi etkileyen bu faktörler, toplumsal cinsiyet rol ve tutumlarının, farklı cinsel yönelimlerdeki ilişki yapısının ve şiddetin kadınların premenstrual sendrom yaşamasına etkisi olmak üzere üç başlık altında ele alınmıştır. Derlemenin, ilgili sosyal ve kültürel faktörlerin premenstrual sendromun gelişmesinde etkili olduğunun hemşireler tarafından bilinmesi ve hastaların bu risk faktörleri yönünden değerlendirilip, semptomlarının azaltılması ya da yok edilmesine yönelik girişimlerin planlanmasına katkı sağlayacağı düşünülmektedir.

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“…Women are targets of sexist attitudes which restrict their acceptable roles and behaviours in society (Glick & Fiske, 1996). They are frequently confronted with negative stereotypes about their competence (Cejka & Eagly, 1999) and rationality (King, Ussher, & Perz, 2014), and experience immense cultural pressure to be physically attractive (Schlenker, Caron, & Halteman, 1998) and to value romantic relationships (DePaulo & Morris, 2006). Of particular relevance to this thesis, there is evidence that women's membership in a devalued social group influences their perceptions and treatment of other women.…”

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“…This suggests that addressing sexist perceptions of intra-gender hostility and conflict may be as important as addressing the conflict itself. Because higher status groups are motivated to justify their position in society (Sidanius & Pratto, 1999;Foels & Pappas, 2004), commonly endorsed perceptions of the prevalence and problematic nature of female hostility can contribute to legitimizing myths that women who express anger are crazy, overly emotional, and unreasonable (King, Ussher, & Perz, 2014;Thornton, 2013). Further, these myths operate to further justify why men are in charge -that is, because they work well together and are not prone to fighting with each other.…”

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Why can’t we all just get along? A social psychological examination of women’s intra-gender hostility

Lizzio‐Wilson¹

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Women's intra-gender hostility has been the focus of attention in both the popular media and scholarly literature. However, important gaps still remain in our understanding of the construct validity, causes of, and contextual factors influencing this process. Thus I investigate the following under-explored questions in this thesis: a) is intra-gender hostility a form of conflict unique to women, or are similar processes also evident among men?; b) do the unique identity pressures women face as a lower status group contribute to their intra-gender hostility?; and c) what contextual factors modify women's intra-gender hostility?In Chapter 3, I find that men and women report similar levels of attitudinal intra-gender hostility, indicating that it is not a form of intra-group conflict more commonly faced by women. I also demonstrate that the factor structure of men and women's intra-and inter-gender hostility are distinct, suggesting that intra-gender hostility is a form of intra-group conflict rather than an expression of general negativity. Building on this in Chapter 4, I provide more convincing evidence that women's intra-gender hostility reflects and potentially reinforces their disadvantaged position.Specifically, I demonstrate that women's intra-gender hostility is related to the unique identity pressures they face as a lower status group and factors which reflect and potentially reinforce their disadvantaged position (i.e. sexual competitiveness regarding attractiveness, hostile sexism, private collective self-esteem). In contrast, men's intra-gender hostility was uniquely related to factors which reflect and reinforce their higher status position (i.e. hostility toward men). This suggests that men and women's intra-gender hostility may function in complementary ways to reinforce the gender-related status hierarchy.In Chapter 5, I further investigate how women's unique identity pressures contribute to their intra-gender hostility. I replicate findings from previous research that women who more (versus less) strongly endorse hostile and, to a lesser extent, benevolent sexism, demonstrate greater intra-gender hostility toward non-traditional women. However, I extend these findings by demonstrating that collective threat (the concern that the poor behaviour of an ingroup will be generalised to a negative stereotype of the entire group Cohen & Garcia, 2005); partially explains hostile (but not benevolent) sexists' intra-gender hostility. This provides further evidence that the unique identity pressures women face contribute to their intra-gender hostility, and preliminary evidence to suggest that unique identity pressures related to gender-role appropriate behaviour and maintaining a positive social identity can influence women's attitudes toward and treatment of other women in certain circumstances.Finally in Chapter 6, I investigate the social psychological factors which may contextually activate or attenuate women's intra-gender hostility in the face of social identity threat. I replicate findings fro...

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Representations of PMS and Premenstrual Women in Men's Accounts: An Analysis of Online Posts from PMSBuddy.com

Cited by 12 publications

References 59 publications

Evaluation of the relative efficacy of a couple cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) for Premenstrual Disorders (PMDs), in comparison to one-to-one CBT and a wait list control: A randomized controlled trial

Evaluation of the relative efficacy of a couple cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) for Premenstrual Disorders (PMDs), in comparison to one-to-one CBT and a wait list control: A randomized controlled trial

Kadınlarda Premenstrual Sendrom Yaşanmasını Etkileyen Sosyal ve Kültürel Faktörler

Why can’t we all just get along? A social psychological examination of women’s intra-gender hostility

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