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. 2020 Mar;41(3):368-379.
doi: 10.1080/07399332.2019.1663193. Epub 2019 Oct 17.

The role of mental health variables and coping strategies in premenstrual syndrome

Leire Aperribai  1 , Itziar Alonso-Arbiol  2
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The role of mental health variables and coping strategies in premenstrual syndrome

Leire Aperribai et al. Health Care Women Int. 2020 Mar.

Abstract

In this study we aimed to examine the relationship between PMS and some mental health variables (anxiety, depression, neuroticism) and coping strategies. We analyzed their predictive value by assessing 55 women's symptoms. We found that all the studied health variables and coping strategies were significantly correlated with reported PMS's Negative Symptomatology scores in the premenstrual phase. Interdisciplinary training programs on instrumental coping strategies might be carried out. In future studies researchers might examine how severe Depression would impact on PMS, and which specific intervention strategies would diminish PMS's distressing effects on women's quality of life worldwide.

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