--- title: Is a girl's temperament linked to how much premenstrual symptoms bother her? description: Girls with irritable, mood-varying, or sad-leaning personality types had more premenstrual symptoms. This suggests that personality type may influence how muc url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/premenstrual-symptoms-correlation-with-temperament-2018/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - Is a girl's temperament linked to how much premenstrual symptoms bother her? Survey study, 2018 # Is a girl's temperament linked to how much premenstrual symptoms bother her? Girls with irritable, mood-varying, or sad-leaning personality types had more premenstrual symptoms. This suggests that personality type may influence how much premenstrual symptoms affect a girl. Early or limited evidence Adolescent girls from 4 schools in Ranchi, India ## What they did Researchers recruited adolescent girls from 4 schools and used questionnaires to measure their personality type and premenstrual symptoms. ## What they found Girls with irritable, cyclothymic (mood-varying), or dysthymic (sad-leaning) temperament showed a clear link with premenstrual symptoms. These personality types were connected to all types of premenstrual symptoms including physical, psychological, and body-related ones. ## What it means for you A girl's natural personality type may influence how severe her premenstrual symptoms are. The main limitation is that the sample size is not specified and the study only included girls from schools in one region of India. 4 Schools in study 3 Personality types linked to symptoms ## About the study Original title Premenstrual Symptoms: Correlation with Temperament Authors Rekha Patel Journal International Journal of Indian Psychology Year 2018 Study design Survey study What was tested None; personality type and symptoms were measured as existing traits Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.25215/0602.013](https://doi.org/10.25215/0602.013) Original abstract Background: Premenstrual syndrome is particularly common problem in the young age group and represents significant public health problem (Halbreich et al., 2003). During adolescence, temperament plays a major role to determine how a person will deal with a stressors and different type of physical and psychological changes. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between temperament and premenstrual tension symptoms in adolescent girls. Method: In this study 4 girl’s schools were selected in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Participants from the schools were recruited by purposive sampling method as per the inclusion and exclusion criteria. All the participants were given a brief description about the study and ensured about the confidentiality. Subsequent doubts were thoroughly clarified and asked to give an informed consent. All the tools (premenstrual symptoms checklist, TEMPS-A, were administered at the same time. Results: Findings of current study show that there is significant correlation of various type of temperament namely dysthymic, cyclothymic and irritable with premenstrual symptoms. There was significant correlation found between various type of temperament and various sub domains of premenstrual symptoms namely, biological, psychological and somatic. Conclusion: The study found significant correlation between temperament and premenstrual tension symptoms. Reproduced under CC-BY. ## Topics [Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Anxiety and tension](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-anxiety/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/) Research tells you what helps on average. Niyora helps on the day it hits. Calm down, see it another way, and decide what to say, with a PMS and PMDD app built by a doctor. ## Related studies Randomised trial, 2026 Does aerobic or resistance exercise reduce anxiety in women with PMS? Survey study, 2026 What dietary, lifestyle, and psychological factors are associated with PMS in young women? Survey study, 2025 Does PMS make teenage girls more anxious and reduce their quality of life? Survey study, 2024 Is PMS linked to mental health problems and stress in teenage girls? Survey study, 2023 How common are PMS, PMDD, anxiety, and depression in rural adolescent girls? Case-control study, 2020 Is diet quality lower in teenagers with PMS? Ask AI about this page Copy prompt ChatGPT ↗ Claude ↗ Perplexity ↗ Google AI Mode ↗ Grok ↗