Survey study, 2017
Are PMS symptoms linked to mood disorders and personality?
This study found significant relationships between PMS symptoms and lifelong mania or hypomania symptoms, and between PMS and personality traits. Because it was cross-sectional, we cannot know if hormonal changes in PMS cause mood and personality changes.
What they did
Cross-sectional study of 294 university students from Istanbul. Researchers used questionnaires to measure PMS symptoms, mania or hypomania symptoms, and personality traits.
What they found
Most students were aged 20-23 years (83.7%). The study found significant correlations between PMS dimensions (depressive mood, anxiety, fatigue, irritability, depressive thoughts, pain, appetite changes, sleep problems) and mood disorder scores. There was also a significant relationship between PMS dimensions and declared personality structure. Age was significantly related to depressive mood, depressive thoughts, and mood disorder scores.
What it means for you
This suggests hormonal changes in PMS may be linked to mood and personality patterns. The study was cross-sectional, so we cannot prove hormonal changes cause mood changes. Most participants were young adults aged 20-23, so findings may not apply to women of other ages.
294
volunteers
83.7%
aged 20-23 years
3
inventories used
About the study
- Original title
- Investigation of the relationship between premenstrual syndrome symptoms and lifelong mania/hypomania symptoms and declared personality structure
- Authors
- Neslim Güvendeğer Doksat, Ayşegül Doyum, Arzu Önal Sönmez
- Journal
- Anatolian Journal of Psychiatry
- Year
- 2017
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 294
- What was tested
- Measuring PMS, mood disorder, and personality with questionnaires
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.5455/apd.260152
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