Menstrual Distress and Sex-Role Attributes

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ID12004840
AuthorsPaul Good (University of Maryland, College Park, corresponding author), Paul R Good (University of Maryland), Barry D Smith (0000-0003-2775-2061, University of Maryland)
Year1980
Volume4
Issue4
Pages482-491
Publication date1980-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychology of Women Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-6843 • E-ISSN: 1471-6402
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/j.1471-6402.1980.tb00721.x
OpenAlexW2063585508
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited22

The relationship between severity of menstrual distress, measured by the Moos Menstrual Distress Questionnaire, and sex-role attributes, measured by the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, was examined for a group of 103 undergraduate women. Data were compared for women using and not using oral contraceptives and for women from different religious groups. Because trait anxiety, as measured by a 28-item short form adapted from the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale, was significantly correlated with menstrual distress, first-order correlations between distress and sex-role attributes partialled out anxiety scores. Although none of the sex-role attributes was significantly related to distress for the entire group or for the group of women using the pill, a significant positive relationship between masculinity and menstrual distress was noted for the group of women not using the pill. The pattern of results suggested that although sex role attributes and anxiety are related to reports of menstrual distress for Catholic women, only anxiety is associated with distress for Jewish women, and neither sex-role attributes nor anxiety is correlated with distress for Protestant women

Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Distress · Pill · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Endometriosis Research and Treatment · Medicine · Menstrual Health and Disorders · Psychology

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