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title: Do women with PMS and women with chronic pelvic pain have different personalities?
description: Yes. The two groups showed clear differences on personality measures. Women with PMS might respond better to treatments focusing on managing emotions, while w
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/comparison-of-personality-profiles-of-premenstrual-syndrome-and-chronic-pelvic-1989/
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Study, 1989

# Do women with PMS and women with chronic pelvic pain have different personalities?

Yes. The two groups showed clear differences on personality measures. Women with PMS might respond better to treatments focusing on managing emotions, while women with pelvic pain might respond better to managing physical symptoms.

 Moderate study design

100 women with PMS and 106 women with chronic pelvic pain

## What they did

Researchers gave a standard personality test to 100 women with PMS and 106 women with chronic pelvic pain and compared how they scored.

## What they found

The two groups showed clear differences on multiple personality measures. The results suggest women with PMS are more open to emotional support approaches, while women with pelvic pain are more open to physical symptom management approaches.

## What it means for you

PMS and pelvic pain may have different psychological patterns, which could mean different treatments help different groups. The study only measured personality once, so it does not show how treatments actually work for these conditions.

100

women with PMS

106

women with chronic pelvic pain

## About the study

Original title Comparison of personality profiles of premenstrual syndrome and chronic pelvic pain patients Authors Anna L. Stout, John F. Steege, S. L. Rupp Journal Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology Year 1989 Study design Study Participants 106 What was tested None Read the paper [doi.org/10.3109/01674828909016685](https://doi.org/10.3109/01674828909016685)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Pain and headache](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-pain/)

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