Study, 1975
Is premenstrual emotionality caused by hormones or by how women think about and interpret their symptoms?
This article argues that thinking and social factors are important alongside hormones. Four studies tested whether these factors can explain premenstrual emotionality better than purely biological theories.
What they did
Four studies tested a new theory about premenstrual emotionality based on how women interpret and think about events. Rather than focusing only on hormones, this approach includes social and thinking factors.
What they found
The studies tested a two-factor theory combining thinking processes and social factors to explain premenstrual emotionality, as an alternative to purely biological explanations.
What it means for you
The article challenges the idea that hormones alone explain premenstrual mood changes, proposing that thinking and social factors also matter. However, much remains to be understood about how these different factors interact.
About the study
- Original title
- Premenstrual Emotionality
- Authors
- Randi Daimon Koeske
- Journal
- Women & Health
- Year
- 1975
- Study design
- Study
- What was tested
- Testing social-cognitive theory
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1300/j013v01n03_02