Marván M L, Martínez Millán M L
Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, México.
Acta Psiquiatr Psicol Am Lat. 1995 Mar;41(1):24-8.
Most women have at least one premenstrual symptom. Despite the fact that these symptoms are sometimes light, they can affect the social environment. The relationship between premenstrual symptoms and marital communication was analysed in this study. 35 mexican couples were studies. Women's ages ranged from 35 to 40 and men's ages from 32 to 51. The conyugal time together fluctuated from 5 to 19 years. All women's cycles were regular. Women were given a menstrual symptoms questionnaire during two consecutive cycles. Furthermore, both spouses were given a marital communications questionnaire, twice in each woman's menstrual cycles: during premenstrual and postmenstrual phases. It was observed that marital communication decreased during the premenstrual period, compared to the postmenstrual phase. Moreover, it was found that the more severe the symptoms were the less marital communication was reported by women. Such co-relations were also given among men, at less degree, though. In brief, even women without being diagnosed for premenstrual syndrome have premenstrual symptoms apparently imperceptible which affect some aspects of their every day life such as marital communication.
大多数女性至少有一个经前症状。尽管这些症状有时较轻，但它们会影响社交环境。本研究分析了经前症状与婚姻沟通之间的关系。研究了35对墨西哥夫妇。女性年龄在35岁至40岁之间，男性年龄在32岁至51岁之间。夫妻在一起的时间从5年到19年不等。所有女性的月经周期都规律。在两个连续的周期内，给女性发放月经症状问卷。此外，在每个女性的月经周期中，夫妻双方都要填写婚姻沟通问卷，分别在经前和经后阶段各填写两次。结果发现，与经后阶段相比，经前阶段婚姻沟通减少。此外，还发现症状越严重，女性报告的婚姻沟通就越少。不过，男性之间也存在这种相关性，只是程度较轻。简而言之，即使没有被诊断为经前综合征的女性也有明显不易察觉的经前症状，这些症状会影响她们日常生活的某些方面，比如婚姻沟通。
