The Magnitude of Premenstrual Anxiety and Depression

Golub, Sharon

doi:10.1097/00006842-197601000-00002

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“…The majority of studies also suggest that mood is more unpleasant premenstrually, as expressed in measures such as depression, irritability. and hostility (e.g., Golub 1976a, Collins et al 1985, Asso 1986). Conversely, moods tend to be more pleasant and positive in the midcycle phase (e.g.…”

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The expression of the ‘pre-menstrual syndrome’ in measures of mood and sustained attention

Matthews

Ryan

1994

Ergonomics

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Twenty-eight women performed two demanding sustained attention tasks in the premenstrual and intermenstrual phases of the menstrual cycle. Mood was assessed before and after performance. No effects of phase were found on perceptual sensitivity and response criterion, but response time on the less demanding of the two tasks was slower in the premenstrual phase. There were no effects of phase on pre-task mood, but following performance, premenstrual women were lower in energy and in pleasantness of mood. Moods varied with phase irrespective of usage of the contraceptive pill, but effects on response time were stronger in non-pill users. Performance data suggest that speed of visual discrimination varies with the cycle, but this finding is of little practical significance. The mood data suggest that the affective correlates of the cycle vary with situational stress, and, in the workplace, it may be desirable to reduce stress and workload during the premenstrual phase.

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The expression of the ‘pre-menstrual syndrome’ in measures of mood and sustained attention

Matthews

Ryan

1994

Ergonomics

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“…Self-reports obtained daily or on specific days of the cycle could also be contaminated with stereotypic responses if subjects were suspicious or aware that the menstrual cycle was being studied. Researchers have usually not assessed the extent to which such awareness or suspicion affects daily self-reports (Dennerstein & Burrows, 1979;Golub, 1976;May, 1976).…”

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Social and menstrual cycles: Methodological and substantive findings

Englander‐Golden

Sonleitner

Whitmore

et al. 1986

Health Care for Women International

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By using daily unaware, daily aware, and retrospective self-reports, this study allowed the investigation of 1) self-reports of moods and behaviors across the menstrual cycle under different conditions of awareness and type of recall, 2) social cycles for men and women, and 3) correlations between neuroticism and self-reports of moods and behaviors. Results indicate that 1) retrospective self-reports cannot be used as evidence of PMS, 2) a social cycle exists for both sexes, and 3) discrete symptomatology in discrete phases of the menstrual cycle cannot be dismissed as neuroticism.

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“…Clinical observation and some empirical evidence do indicate the experience of both physical and emotional menstrualrelated distress among some women (3)(4)(5). The fact that not all women experience menstrual discomfort, however, underscores the complexity of the phenomenon and the potential for interactions of physiological, psychogenic, and cultural variables.…”

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Predictability, Attentional Focus, Sex Role Orientation, and Menstrual-Related Stress

Chernovetz

Jones

Hansson

1979

Psychosomatic Medicine

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Two separate studies assessed the influence on menstrual distress and related inhibition of such variables as predictability of onset, dispositional susceptibility to cultural expectations, and the attentional focus provided by labels. Greater predictability of onset was associated with more positive feedlings about menstruation in spite of more severe distress. More feminine subjects reported more severe distress, while masculinity was related inversely to inhibition. Subjects reported less distress when the symptoms to which they responded were labeled as related to menstruation. Similarly, subjects' ratings of their general health status were not related to menstrual distress scores if the symptoms were labeled menstrual. Findings are discussed with respect to greater integration of menstrual research into the literature on pain and stress generally.

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The Magnitude of Premenstrual Anxiety and Depression

Cited by 82 publications

References 24 publications

The expression of the ‘pre-menstrual syndrome’ in measures of mood and sustained attention

The expression of the ‘pre-menstrual syndrome’ in measures of mood and sustained attention

Social and menstrual cycles: Methodological and substantive findings

Predictability, Attentional Focus, Sex Role Orientation, and Menstrual-Related Stress

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