The Correlations Between Ovarian Activity and Psychodynamic Processes: I. The Ovulative Phase*

Benedek, Therese; Rubenstein, Boris B.

doi:10.1097/00006842-193904000-00002

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“…However, the bulk of the research on this question has dealt with a fairly narrow range of psychological experience (most notably negative mood states) and has been restricted for the most part to only a small portion of the cycle (the premenstrual phase]. Psychological studies spanning the entire cycle are rare (e.g., 1,2); research committed to a multifaceted approach to psychological assessment is unusual.…”

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Psychoendocrinology of the Menstrual Cycle: I. Enjoyment of Daily Activities and Moods

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Donnelly²,

Rose³

1979

Psychosomatic Medicine

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Thirty-three women participated in a study of the relationship between moods and enjoyment of activities during the menstrual cycle. All subjects had normal cycles and were screened for psychological health. None were taking oral contraceptives. Each subject filled out daily the Profile of Mood States (POMS) and the Social--Sexual Activities Log (SAAL). They also completed the Moos Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MDQ) once a month. The SSAL was developed as part of this research in order to provide a means of assessing subjective enjoyment of daily activities. SSAL items were developed from semistructural individual interviews and assessed behavior across eight different categories. Results suggest that the SSAL is a reliable self-report instrument. Although there were no changes in either moods or enjoyment of activities as a function of cycle phase with either the POMS or the SSAL, scores on the MDQ showed the usual cycle-related differences. These findings raise questions concerning the validity of retrospective methods in general, and of the MDQ in particular, as techniques for assessment of personal distress during the menstrual cycle. Equally important, the results suggest that when changes in psychological states are assessed concurrently during the menstrual cycle, the fluctuations observed in a healthy population are minimal.

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Psychoendocrinology of the Menstrual Cycle: I. Enjoyment of Daily Activities and Moods

Abplanalp

Donnelly²,

Rose³

1979

Psychosomatic Medicine

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“…There was no practical way of doing this before the advent of radioimmunoassay techniques, except for the microscopic examination of vaginal squamous cells which could be used to identify the time of appearance of progesterone (Benedek, 1939 We have examined the patterns of distribution of sexual behaviour during the menstrual cycle of women by collecting daily reports of behaviour to avoid the bias of retrospective data collection. In our first study we organized the data by relating them to reverse menstrual cycle days (Udry & Morris, 1968), but on the basis of papers by others we used standardized cycle days in our second study (Udry & Morris, 1970).…”

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The distribution of events in the human menstrual cycle

Udry¹,

Morris²

1977

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“…Curves of self-rated pleasantness, sexual arousal, and activity level increased in the preovulation phase and decreased in the post-ovulation phase. Benedek and Rubinstein (1939) found that during the first phase of the cycle there was an active objectdirected heterosexual tendency. After ovulation, the heterosexual tension was relieved and there followed a period of general relaxation.…”

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