Relationship between premenstrual syndrome and type D personality in female college students

VernacularTitle:女大学生经前期综合征与D型人格的关系
Author: Qin YU ; Hongxia WANG ; Jianmei GONG ; Fubing SHAN ; Feng LI
Keywords: premenstrual syndrome (PMS); type D personality; female college students
From: Chinese Mental Health Journal 2017;31(4):333-336
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objectives:To understand the current situation of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and type D personality in female college students,and to explore the relationship between them.Methods:Totally 856 female college students were assessed with the Premenstrual Syndrome Scale (PMSS,those with total score of 6 or higher as having PMS) and Type D Personality Scale 14 (DS-14,those negative emotion and social inhibition factor with total score of 10 or higher as having type D personality).Result:A total of 280 students were detected with PMS,and the rote was 32.7％.Totally 272 students were detected with the type D personality,and the rote was 31.8％.The total score of DS-14 and the score of 2 factors were higher in PMS group than in non-PMS group (Ps ＜0.001).The rate of PMS was lower in type D personality group than in non-type D personality group (11.76％ vs.25.34％,P ＜ 0.001).Conclusions:The occurrence of premenstrual syndrome may be related to the type D personality.The evaluation of personality characteristics should be taken into consideration when formulating the intervention program.