Stress and Military Women: The Relationship of Job and Life Experiences to Menstrual Distress

Abstract

Traditional approaches to menstrual cycle research have concentrated on a disease-model framework. Emphasis has been on identifying the menstrual cycle as the independent variable that causes the events under investigation, or explains their variance. Parlee (1981) described this fundamental assumption as a deeply ingrained tenet of the medical-psychiatric approach. The context in which menstrual cycle variables, such a mood changes, occur is largely ignored, and their classification as normal or abnormal occurrences has appeared to be predetermined. Koeske (1981) emphasized that the behavior and moods of women are not ultimately and exclusively explainable as biological variable fluctuations, and that social and cognitive variables also need to be measured precisely.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADP003297

Entities

People

  • Linda T. Fatkin

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavioral Research
  • Body Composition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Health
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Measurement
  • Menstrual Cycle
  • Military Police
  • New York
  • Physical Activity
  • Psychological Theory
  • Psychology
  • Questionnaires
  • Regression Analysis
  • Women'S Health

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Theoretical Analysis.