Anson O
The Leaon and Matilda Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Soc Sci Med. 1999 Jul;49(1):67-80. doi: 10.1016/s0277-9536(99)00079-9.
A bio-psycho-social approach to the premenstrual syndrome suggests that cyclical hormonal changes are acknowledged and interpreted in light of the expectations and the attitudes acquired in the process of socialization. In this study, attitudes toward menstruation and premenstrual experiences of 229 Israeli students of different ethnic groups and gender role orientations were explored. The findings were consistent with previous reports: attitudes toward menstruation and premenstrual experiences were associated with exposure to premenstrual symptoms in women family members and negative messages during adolescence; respondents of a more traditional background perceived menstruation as relatively debilitating and bothersome but also a natural event and reported more severe experiences. However, models aimed at estimating the causal relationship indicated that attitudes toward menstruation depend on premenstrual experiences rather than predict them. The difficulties of investigating such reciprocal relationships of menstrual attitudes and premenstrual experiences cross-culturally and longitudinally are discussed.
一种针对经前综合征的生物心理社会方法表明，周期性激素变化是根据在社会化过程中获得的期望和态度来被认知和解读的。在本研究中，探讨了229名不同种族群体和性别角色取向的以色列学生对月经和经前体验的态度。研究结果与先前的报告一致：对月经和经前体验的态度与女性家庭成员的经前症状暴露以及青春期的负面信息有关；背景较为传统的受访者认为月经相对使人虚弱且麻烦，但也是一件自然的事情，并报告了更严重的体验。然而，旨在估计因果关系的模型表明，对月经的态度取决于经前体验，而非预测经前体验。文中讨论了跨文化和纵向研究月经态度与经前体验这种相互关系的困难。
