Trait anxiety, sex role orientation and diet as associated with premenstrual syndrome

• Main Authors: Cruz, Aimee Catherine, Hebrado, Ailene, Opeda, Charissa Elaine Manlavi
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1994
• Subjects: Anxiety; Sex role; Premenstrual syndrome; Diet; Menstruation disorders
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5929
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study researched on the relationship between psychological variables (trait anxiety and sex role orientation), physical variable (diet sugar, caffeine and alcohol) and premenstrual syndrome. This research made use of the ex-post facto design and through purposive sampling, 500 survey respondents were obtained among DLSU female students having an age range between 18-21. A series of instruments, STAI, BSRI, and 24 Hour food recall were used to measure the trait anxiety, sex role orientation and diet, respectively among the 60 final participants. STAI was computed using chi-square with an alpha level of .05. This resulted to rejection of the hypothesis that trait anxiety has a significant relationship with PMS. For the BSRI with the same chi-square and alpha level, sex role orientation was also found out to have no significant association with PMS. For the 24 hour food recall, only sugar among the three diet variables was found out to have a significant relationship with PMS, using chi-square and same alpha level. Results of both caffeine and alcohol are inconclusive. Results of the whole study indicate that among the variables being studied, only the variable sugar in the diet has a significant relationship with premenstrual syndrome.