Premenstrual symptoms, personality type A and B, and stress among women religious

• Main Author: Aquino, Sr. Maria Olympia P., SDS.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1998
• Subjects: Premenstrual syndrome; Stress (Psychology); Personality; Women; Menstruation disorders; Educational Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/2524
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study focuses on the effects of stress and personality Type A and B on premenstrual symptoms among women religious. Specifically, it involves an investigation of the effects of stress and personality Type A and B on the physical, behavioral, and psychological symptoms occurring before the onset of menstruation. In addition, a profile of the prevalence of premenstrual symptoms among women religious has been obtained.The researcher utilized a descriptive-comparative research design to achieve the objectives of the study. The data gathering consisted of the administration of three questionnaires among 150 women religious in Metro Manila. The research instruments included the following: a) Stress Audit b) Menstrual Distress Questionnaire and c) Personality Type A and B. Statistical tools used were the t-test for significant difference and one-way analysis of variance for data analysis.Results revealed that all women religious experience the physical, behavioral and psychological premenstrual symptoms with the following being most common: a) negative effect, b) behavior change and c) pain. In terms of susceptibility to stress level, 37.3 percent of the respondents showed High to Serious susceptibility to stress. There were no significant differences in the experience of premenstrual symptoms between women religious with High or Low susceptibility to stress. Although the majority of the respondents were neither Type A nor B, significant differences between those who were either Type A or B have been found in their severity of experience of five premenstrual symptom scales namely: a) pain, b) water retention, c) autonomic reaction, d) negative effect, and e) behavior change. However, as regards the amount of premenstrual symptoms experienced, there was no significant difference found between Type A and Type B women religious.