An evaluation of psychometric properties of pre-menstrual syndrome screening tool

Pages: 642-644
Gaukaran Janghel (Aakanksha College of Special Education, Raipur, Chhattisgarh)
Priyamvada Shrivastava (SoS in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh)
Reeta Venugopal (SoS in Physical Education, Director, Centre for Women Harassment Cell, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh)

The pre-menstrual syndrome screening tool (PMS) was designed to measure the pre-menstrual problems of sports and non sports women in the Indian context, with in age range of 25 to 45 years. The main objective of the present study is determining the psychometric properties of PMS screening tool. The analysis of the tool included the basic items descriptions concurrent validity, content validity obtained statistical computation of internal consistency, construct validity factor extraction, discriminant validity and reliability. The result of exploratory factor analysis revealed the important factors extracted namely- physical, psychological and behavioral. The PMS screening tool is reliable and valid for assessing the Pre-Menstrual Syndrome women of age group 25-45 years.