A comparative study resilience and family environment of women experiencing premenstrual syndrome

Pages: 1402-1410
Yastika Kamboj and Sarabjit Kaur Sran (Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi, Delhi)

The aim of the present study was to examine the differences in the resilience and family environment of women experiencing premenstrual syndrome at different levels of severity. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) refers to the physical and/or emotional symptoms that occur one to two weeks before a woman’s period which may interfere with their healthy functioning. A cross-sectional research design was used to do a comparative study between two groups (Women experiencing moderate/severe PMS; Women experiencing no/mild PMS). The sample for the study included 60 female participants in the age group of 20-25 years with 30 participants in each group. While the Premenstrual Syndrome Screening Tool was used for the screening purposes, the Brief Resilience Scale (Wiggins et al., 2008) and Family Environment Scale (Form Rudolf, 1994) were used for data collection. The data was analyzed using the statistical method of t test for independent samples. The results indicated that there was significant difference in the resilience of women experiencing moderate/severe PMS and that of women experiencing no/mild PMS. They also show a significant difference in terms of cohesion, expressiveness, conflict, independence, intellectual cultural orientation, active recreational orientation, moral religious orientation and organization of families of the two groups. However, there was no significant difference in the achievement orientation and control in the families of the two groups.