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title: Does having a Type A personality change how stress affects menstrual symptoms?
description: Women with Type A personality traits reported more menstrual symptoms at all levels of stress compared to women with other personality types.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/jenkins-type-a-scores-in-the-relation-of-stress-and-premenstrual-symptoms-1992/
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# Does having a Type A personality change how stress affects menstrual symptoms?

Women with Type A personality traits reported more menstrual symptoms at all levels of stress compared to women with other personality types.

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102 college women

## What they did

102 college women completed three surveys: one about stress in their lives, one about Type A personality traits like being competitive and goal-oriented, and one about their menstrual symptoms. Researchers used statistical analysis to see how personality type was linked to symptom reports.

## What they found

Type A personality scores were associated with more reported menstrual symptoms at all stress levels. This means even when stress was low, women with Type A traits reported more symptoms.

## What it means for you

If you have Type A personality traits, you may notice more menstrual symptoms regardless of how stressed you are. The main limit is that this was only college women, symptoms were self-reported, and the study is cross-sectional, so we don't know if personality causes higher symptoms or vice versa.

102

college women studied

## About the study

Original title Jenkins Type A scores in the relation of stress and premenstrual symptoms Authors Dinning WD, Guptill AM Journal Psychological reports Year 1992 Study design Survey study Participants 102 What was tested none Read the paper [doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1992.70.3c.1152](https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1992.70.3c.1152)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)[Stress](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-stress/)

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