The effectiveness of behavior modification with spasmodic and congestive dysmenorrhea

Chesney, Margaret A.; Tasto, Donald L.

doi:10.1016/0005-7967(75)90029-7

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“…The internal-consistency reliability analysis resulted in r = .90 when unidimensional (Chesney & Tasto, 1975a, 1975bDalton, 1964; Moos, 1969, Nelson et al, 1984 scoring is used. This result, together with test-retest reliability information published previously, provide a solid examination of the MSQ's reliability according to Nunnally, a necessary but not sufficient step in the validation process.…”

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“…Six years later, Chesney and Tasto (1975a) developed the Menstrual Symptom Questionnaire (MSQ) building on Dalton's theory, and reported a two cluster result of menstrual symptoms from their factor analysis of the MSQ. The two cluster result was seen as support for Dalton's theory, and treatment approaches were developed for "spasmodic" and "congestive" types of dysmenorrhea (Chesney & Tasto, 1975b). Dalton's distinction between spasmodic and congestive dysmenorrhea, however, has since been subject to intense scientific scrutiny, and has been labeled "weak on psychometric grounds" and as not having "shown great utility ... in the identification of different etiological factors or of differentially effective treatments" (Nelson et al, 1984, p. 614).…”

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confidence: 97%

“…A number of menstrual cycle researchers have attempted to clarify the existence of one, several or many groups of menstrual symptoms (Chesney & Tasto, 1975a, 1975bDalton, 1964;Moos, 1969;Nelson, Sigmon, Amodei, & Jarrett, 1984;Stephenson et al, 1983;Webster, 1980). In 1964, Katharina Dalton hypothesized that there were two clusters of menstrual symptoms, "spasmodic" and "congestive," based on her clinical observations.…”

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Toward delineating menstrual symptom groupings: Examination of factor analytic results of menstrual symptom instruments

Monagle

Dan

Chatterton³

et al. 1986

Health Care for Women International

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The present study objectives were three. First, the factor structure of Chesney and Tasto's Menstrual Symptom Questionnaire (MSQ) was reexamined to determine whether Chesney and Tasto's (1975a) two-factor or Webster's (1980) and Stephenson, Denney, and Aberger's (1983) multifactor result could be replicated. Second, the internalconsistency reliability of the MSQ in the present study was determined. Third, known and suspected menstrual symptom report confounders were deleted from the analysis to determine whether or not exclusion of menstrual symptom confounders results in a factor structure which differs significantly from samples which include known symptom confounders.A "Heterogeneous" sample (n = 330), similar to samples used in previous studies, and a more "homogeneous" sample (n = 230), which deleted menstrual symptom confounders, were utilized in the MSQ factor analysis replication. Six factors resulted from both samples: premenstrual negative affect, menstrual pain, premenstrual pain, gastrointestinal/prostaglandin, water retention, and asymptomatic. Cronbach's alpha internal-consistency reliability was determined to be .89 in the heterogeneous sample and .90 in the homogeneous sample. It was concluded that these results 1) supported the existence of multiple menstrual syndromes and 2) supported the high internal consistency reliability of the MSQ, and 3) indicated the robustness of the factor analytic structure of MSQ's menstrual symptoms to the inclusion of known menstrual symptom confounders.

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Toward delineating menstrual symptom groupings: Examination of factor analytic results of menstrual symptom instruments

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Dan

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“…Stress management strategies such as PR or a combined PR-SD procedure appear to be more effective with spasmodic than with congestive dysmenorrhea (Chesney & Tasto, 1975;Amodei, Nelson, Jarrett, & Sigmon, 1987). Anxiety management training was found to improve both kinds of symptoms, compared to a no-treatment control group (Quillen & Denny, 1982).…”

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Stress management techniques: Are they all equivalent, or do they have specific effects?

Lehrer

Carr

Sargunaraj

et al. 1994

Biofeedback and Self-Regulation

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This article evaluates the hypothesis that various stress management techniques have specific effects. Studies comparing various techniques are reviewed, as well as previous literature reviews evaluating the effects of individual techniques. There is evidence that cognitively oriented methods have specific cognitive effects, that specific autonomic effects result from autonomically oriented methods, and that specific muscular effects are produced by muscularly oriented methods. Muscle relaxation and/or EMG biofeedback have greater muscular effects and smaller autonomic effects than finger temperature biofeedback and/or autogenic training. EMG biofeedback produces greater effects on particular muscular groups than progressive relaxation, and thermal biofeedback has greater finger temperature effects than autogenic training. Disorders with a predominant muscular component (e.g., tension headaches) are treated more effectively by muscularly oriented methods, while disorders in which autonomic dysfunction predominates (e.g., hypertension, migraine headaches) are more effectively treated by techniques with a strong autonomic component. Anxiety and phobias tend to be most effectively treated by methods with both strong cognitive and behavioral components.

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“…4; Finally, none had been pregnant. All women completed a modified version of the Menstrual and Premenstrual Symptoms Questionnaire (Chesney & Tasto, 1975).…”

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Emotional Experience and Recognition across Menstrual Cycle and in Premenstrual Disorder

Ramos-Loyo¹,

Sanz-Martín²

2017

IJPS

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The aim of this study was to determine if differences exist in mood and in the recognition of female and male emotional faces among women in different phases of the menstrual cycle, and in women who suffer from Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) in the premenstrual phase. Both the emotional states and the recognition of female and male emotional faces were assessed in women in each phase of the menstrual cycle: post-menstrual, ovulatory, post-ovulatory and premenstrual. Also evaluated was a group of women who presented symptoms of PMDD during the premenstrual phase. Only the women with PMDD showed significant changes in levels of unpleasant emotions and anxiety. Regardless of group, the highest accuracy was observed for recognition of happiness and disgust, followed by surprise and sadness. The lowest level of recognition was seen for fear and anger. In addition, expressions of happiness and surprise were recognized better on female faces, while fearful and angry expressions were recognized better on male faces. Finally, women in the ovulatory phase and those with PMDD showed higher accuracy when recognizing sadness on male faces. These results suggest that only women with PMDD presented important differences in their emotional experience compared to the other groups. Finally, the gender of the emotion emitter was a factor that affected the recognition of emotions, an effect that was seen to interact slightly with the menstrual cycle phase.

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The effectiveness of behavior modification with spasmodic and congestive dysmenorrhea

Cited by 69 publications

References 6 publications

Toward delineating menstrual symptom groupings: Examination of factor analytic results of menstrual symptom instruments

Toward delineating menstrual symptom groupings: Examination of factor analytic results of menstrual symptom instruments

Stress management techniques: Are they all equivalent, or do they have specific effects?

Emotional Experience and Recognition across Menstrual Cycle and in Premenstrual Disorder

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