Ainscough C E
Clinical Psychology Department, H. Gwynne Jones Centre, Stanley Royd Hospital, West Yorkshire.
J Psychosom Res. 1990;34(1):35-45. doi: 10.1016/0022-3999(90)90006-p.
Fifty-one subjects completed a modified version of the Moos Menstrual Distress Questionnaire daily for 8 weeks. The true purpose of the study was not revealed. These prospective data showed no pattern of increase in symptoms of negative affect during the premenstrual or menstrual phases, although the majority of women retrospectively reported having experienced premenstrual tension during the study. Explanations for this discrepancy in terms of an information processing bias and the popularising of internal hormonal explanations are offered. A number of demographic and menstrually related variables are investigated and found to show no relationship to the experience of PMT in this sample. No evidence is found to suggest that older women are more likely to experience PMT.
51名受试者连续8周每天填写一份修改版的穆氏月经困扰问卷。该研究的真实目的并未透露。这些前瞻性数据显示，在经前或经期阶段，负面影响症状并无增加的模式，尽管大多数女性在回顾时表示在研究期间经历过经前紧张。本文从信息处理偏差和内部激素解释的流行这两方面对这种差异给出了解释。研究了一些人口统计学和与月经相关的变量，发现它们与该样本中经前综合征的发生并无关联。没有证据表明年长女性更易患经前综合征。
