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Title

Relationships among Premenstrual Syndrome, Perfection and Anxiety among the College Student.

Authors

Choi, Hye Seon; Lee, Eun Dong; Ahn, Hye Young

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and the relationships among PMS, perfection, and anxiety in nursing college students and general college students. Methods: The questionnaire survey was carried out with a convenience sample of 215 college students. The MDQ (Menstrual Distress Questionnaire), APS-R (Almost Perfect Scale-Revised), STAI (State and Trait Anxiety Inventory) were used. The data were collected from June to October, 2011. Data analysis included frequency, x2-test, t-test, and Pearson correlation. Results: There were significant differences in PMS and perfection but there not in anxiety between nursing college students and general college students. There were significant correlations among PMS, perfection and anxiety in nursing college students, and there were significant correlations among PMS and anxiety in general college students but not significant correlations among PMS and perfection. Conclusion: The findings suggest that to provide effective interventions for PMS in college students, it is necessary to design nursing interventions that consider perfection and anxiety.

Subjects

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE (Psychology); CHI-squared test; PSYCHOLOGY of college students; STATISTICAL correlation; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; PREMENSTRUAL syndrome; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVEYS; T-test (Statistics); SYMPTOMS; STATE-Trait Anxiety Inventory

Publication

Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2013, Vol 19, Issue 4, p265

ISSN

1225-9543

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.4069/kjwhn.2013.19.4.265