Survey study, 2024
Does education about PMS help couples' satisfaction and adjustment?
Yes. Couples who received education about PMS together showed significantly better marital satisfaction and adjustment compared to couples who received no education.
What they did
An intervention study in 2022 with two groups: 41 women with PMS and their spouses received four two-hour education sessions on PMS, while 39 women and their spouses served as a control group. Both groups were surveyed before and after using marital satisfaction and adjustment scales.
What they found
The intervention group showed significant improvements in marital satisfaction (p = 0.01), overall dyadic adjustment (p = 0.019), the correlation dimension (p = 0.001), and affection expression (p = 0.044) compared to controls.
What it means for you
Teaching couples about PMS together improved how satisfied and adjusted they feel in their marriage. The improvements suggest that education and shared understanding matter. The study only included 41 couples in one Iranian city, so findings may not apply to all relationships or cultures.
41
women and spouses in education group
39
women and spouses in control group
p = 0.01
significance of marital satisfaction improvement
About the study
- Original title
- The Effectiveness of Educational Intervention for Awareness of Premenstrual Syndrome on Marital Satisfaction and Marital Adjustment
- Authors
- Fatteme Firozi, Zohre Khalajinia, Hanieh Rahimi et al.
- Journal
- Current Women s Health Reviews
- Year
- 2024
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 41
- What was tested
- Four two-hour educational sessions about PMS provided to women and their spouses together
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.2174/0115734048295209240524050437
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