Perception of family and work environments in women with premenstrual syndrome
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Seventy-three women with a prospectively confirmed diagnosis of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) were compared to 50 routine gynaecological care non-PMS controls on measures of social climate/environmental stress. Tests administered included the Family Environment Scale (FES), Work Environment Scale (WES), Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The PMS group scored significantly higher on amount of conflict in their families as well as on emphasis on ethical and religious values but lower on direct emotional expressiveness within the family, intellectual-cultural orientation, and active-recreational orientation as compared to controls. Furthermore, the PMS group perceived having more work pressure, less autonomy on the job, and less variety in their work than controls. Overall, psychological distress was not associated with increased environmental stress either in the PMS or control groups.
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Many women who report PMDs also report higher levels of relationship dissatisfaction or difficulties.
“Many women who report PMDs also report higher levels of relationship dissatisfaction or difficulties [26–31].”
Direct expression of emotion is lower in families where women report PMDs.
“Direct expression of emotion has been reported to be lower in families where women report PMDs [26]”
In the present study, levels of relationship adjustment as measured by the DAS were in the normal range.
“Whilst previous research has reported that women who report PMDs also report higher levels of relationship dissatisfaction or difficulties [26–31], this was not found in the present study, where levels of relationship adjustment as measured by the DAS were in the normal range.”
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- Authors
- Kuczmierczyk, A. R., Labrum, A. H., & Johnson, C. C.
- Affiliations
- Louisiana State University (US)
- University of Rochester Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kuczmierczyk, Andrzej R.
- ORCID
- Johnson, Carolyn C.
- Venue
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1992-12
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 787-795
- ISSN
- 0022-3999 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1991673068
- Cited by
- 55
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 1.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Menstrual Health and Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Keywords
- premenstrual syndrome, family environment, work environment, environmental stress, family conflict, occupational stress, employee autonomy, psychological distress, anxiety, depression, women
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attitude, Family, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Personality Inventory, Premenstrual Syndrome, Prospective Studies, Psychophysiologic Disorders, Risk Factors, Social Environment, Stress, Psychological
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