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Influence of Personality on Pre-menstrual Syndrome in Athletes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Patrícia Aparecida Gaion  and
Lenamar Fiorese Vieira
Patrícia Aparecida Gaion*
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual de Maringá (Brazil)
Lenamar Fiorese Vieira
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual de Maringá (Brazil)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Patrícia Aparecida Gaion. Departamento de Educação Física da Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Av. Colombo, 5.790. Campus Universitário. 87.020-900 Paraná. (Brazil). E-mail: patriciagrd@yahoo.com.br
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of personality on Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) in athletes. The sample included 25 Brazilian athletes, between 18 and 49 years of age. A diary of PMS symptoms was used (based on the criteria from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist, ACOG, 2000) and the Factorial Personality Inventory (Pasquali, Azevedo, & Ghesti, 1997). The Fisher exact test was used for data analysis, with p < .05. The athletes with PMS showed a strong need for performance, low need for assistance and introversión and very low need for change, while athletes without PMS demonstrated a very strong need for denial and strong needs for assistance, dominance, and persistence. There was a significant association between low denial (not submitting passively to external forces) and PMS (p < .05). It was concluded that certain personality traits may predispose athletes to react more intensely to needs and pressures produced by changes caused by the menstrual cycle, contributing to the onset of PMS.

El objetivo de este estudio fue investigar la influencia de la personalidad en el síndrome premenstrual (SPM) en un grupo de atletas. La muestra incluía 25 atletas brasileños, con edades comprendidas entre los 18 y los 49 años. Se utilizó un diario de síntomas SPM (basado en el criterio del Colegio americano de obstetricia y ginecología, ACOG, 2000) y un Inventario factorial de personalidad (Pascquali, Azevedo y Ghesti, 1997). Para el análisis de datos se usó el test de Fisher, con un nivel de significación p < .05. Los atletas con SPM mostraron una alta necesidad de ejecución, baja necesidad de ayuda e introversión y muy baja necesidad de cambio; los atletas sin SPM mostraron una elevada necesidad de negación y una alta necesidad de ayuda, dominancia y persistencia. Los datos mostraron una asociación significativa entre baja negación (no sometimiento pasivo a obligaciones externas) y SPM (p < .05). Se concluye que algunos rasgos de personalidad predisponen a los atletas a rechazar en mayor medida necesidades y presiones producidas por cambios motivados por el ciclo menstrual, contribuyendo a la aparición del SPM.

Keywords

premenstrual syndromepersonalityathletesmenstrual cyclesíndrome premenstrualpersonalidadatletasciclo menstrual
Type
Research Article
Information
The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , May 2011 , pp. 336 - 343
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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