Premenstrual Syndrome and Personality Traits: A Study on 110 Pregnant Patients

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Abstract
Five specific personality traits (emotivity, acceptance of sexual role, parental aptness, anxiety and depression) were analyzed for this study of the premenstrual syndrome (PMS), conducted on a group of 110 women in advanced (8th mo.) pregnancy. The comparison of the results from the personality tests and from the overall assessment of the PMS (82%) establishes definite correlations between the syndrome''s intensity and the tendency toward a pathologic personality. A further correlation of each personality trait and of the PMS shows that the greater deviation from normalcy affects not only those women who suffer from a severe PMS, but also those who complain of no premenstrual symptoms at all. Such a finding (as shown in the results of a separate previous study by the group) allows the conclusion that a psychological normalcy or balance finds its equivalent in an absence, but more often in a scarce presence of premenstrual complaints, while an absolute absence or a very marked intensity of these complaints should correspond to the more extreme degrees of personality disturbance.

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