Case-control study, 2003
Do women with PMDD have different attitudes toward menstruation?
Yes, women with PMDD reported more negative attitudes toward menstruation and more negative views of their mothers from childhood. This is one study in one city, so findings may differ elsewhere.
What they did
Researchers asked 30 women with PMDD and 24 healthy women questions about their attitudes toward menstruation and how they experienced their mothers during childhood and early puberty.
What they found
Women with PMDD had more negative attitudes toward menstruation and more negative perceptions of their mothers compared to the control group.
What it means for you
Psychological factors like attitudes toward menstruation and childhood relationships with mothers may be related to PMDD. However, this study cannot prove cause and effect. It was done in one city in Turkey, so findings may not apply to other countries.
30
women with PMDD
24
healthy comparison women
About the study
- Original title
- Attitudes toward menstruation in premenstrual dysphoric disorder: a preliminary report in an urban Turkish population
- Authors
- Yücel B, Polat A
- Journal
- Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology
- Year
- 2003
- Study design
- Case-control study
- Participants
- 24
- What was tested
- None
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.3109/01674820309074687
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