Author Question: Research has been conducted using the Menstrual Joy Questionnaire, followed by several traditional ... (Read 9 times)

MirandaLo · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Research has been conducted using the Menstrual Joy Questionnaire, followed by several traditional menstrual symptoms checklists. This research has found that

a. almost all women reported completely negative reactions.
b. thinking about the positive side to menstruation helped to reduce women's menstrual pain significantly.
c. women who completed the Menstrual Joy Questionnaire were later more likely to report feelings of well-being and excitement as symptoms of menstruation.
d. only women who reported no negative symptoms of menstruation showed evidence of menstrual joy.

Question 2

According to the discussion of coping with the premenstrual syndrome (PMS),

a. because there is no evidence for PMS, the best advice is that women should stop worrying about mood swings.
b. current research demonstrates that exercise and a sensible diet can significantly reduce PMS.
c. women who are worried about PMS should keep records to see if tension and anxiety actually do show an increase and decrease throughout their menstrual cycles.
d. women who think they have PMS should urge their health-care providers to prescribe an antidepressant.