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title: Are women with PMS more stressed and do they have different personality types?
description: Yes. Women with PMS were significantly more likely to have melancholic and choleric temperament types and had higher stress and neuroticism scores than women
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/psychological-and-stress-backgrounds-of-forming-of-premenstrual-syndrome-2018/
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Case-control study, 2018

# Are women with PMS more stressed and do they have different personality types?

Yes. Women with PMS were significantly more likely to have melancholic and choleric temperament types and had higher stress and neuroticism scores than women without PMS.

 Moderate study design

200 women with PMS and 50 women without PMS.

## What they did

Case-control study comparing 200 women with PMS to 50 women without PMS using personality tests and stress assessment scales.

## What they found

Women with PMS were 3.20 times less likely to be sanguine (calm, optimistic) types. Their neuroticism scores were 17.03% higher than the control group. Melancholic and choleric temperaments were more common in the PMS group. Stress levels were significantly higher in PMS patients, with the highest stress in women with severe PMS.

## What it means for you

Women with PMS tend to have personality traits related to worry and irritability and experience higher stress. This study was in one population, so results may vary elsewhere. It's unclear whether stress causes PMS or PMS causes stress.

200

Women with PMS studied

3.20

Times less likely to be calm types

17.03%

Higher neuroticism in PMS group

## About the study

Original title Psychological and stress backgrounds of forming of premenstrual syndrome Authors Lyudmyla V. Pakharenko Journal HEALTH OF WOMAN Year 2018 Study design Case-control study Participants 200 What was tested None - observational comparison. Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.15574/hw.2018.133.33](https://doi.org/10.15574/hw.2018.133.33)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Stress](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-stress/)

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