TY - JOUR
T1 - PMS after 40
T2 - Persistence of a Stress-Related Symptom Pattern
AU - Woods, Nancy Fugate
AU - Lentz, Martha
AU - Mitchell, Ellen Sullivan
AU - Heitkemper, Margaret
AU - Shaver, Joan
PY - 1997/8
Y1 - 1997/8
N2 - The purpose of this study was to compare women over 40 years of age with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) to women with a low-severity (LS) symptom pattern with respect to physiologic indicators of stress arousal and response, stress hormone arousal, stressful life circumstances anger, self- and social control, and interpersonal sensitivity. Women with PMS experienced more negative life events, more difficulty with anger, and more concerns about self-and social control, than women with an LS pattern. These experiences were coupled with increased physiologic arousal and stress responses (skin conductance and muscle tension levels) and relatively higher norepinephrine levels than for women with an LS pattern, but with dampened cardiovascular responses to stressors. As they age, women with a PMS symptom pattern demonstrate persistent differences in stress arousal and response from women with an LS pattern.
AB - The purpose of this study was to compare women over 40 years of age with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) to women with a low-severity (LS) symptom pattern with respect to physiologic indicators of stress arousal and response, stress hormone arousal, stressful life circumstances anger, self- and social control, and interpersonal sensitivity. Women with PMS experienced more negative life events, more difficulty with anger, and more concerns about self-and social control, than women with an LS pattern. These experiences were coupled with increased physiologic arousal and stress responses (skin conductance and muscle tension levels) and relatively higher norepinephrine levels than for women with an LS pattern, but with dampened cardiovascular responses to stressors. As they age, women with a PMS symptom pattern demonstrate persistent differences in stress arousal and response from women with an LS pattern.
KW - Anger
KW - Cardiovascular
KW - Catecholamines
KW - Premenstrual syndrome
KW - Stress response
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U2 - 10.1002/(sici)1098-240x(199708)20:4<329::aid-nur6>3.0.co;2-i
DO - 10.1002/(sici)1098-240x(199708)20:4<329::aid-nur6>3.0.co;2-i
M3 - Article
C2 - 9256879
AN - SCOPUS:0031201385
VL - 20
SP - 329
EP - 340
JO - Research in Nursing and Health
JF - Research in Nursing and Health
SN - 0160-6891
IS - 4
ER -