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.
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
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