PROBLEM-SOLVING APPRAISAL, ORAL-CONTRACEPTIVE USE, AND MENSTRUAL PAIN Academic Article

abstract

• The effects of selfappraisal problemsolving ability and oral contraceptive use on ratings of menstrual pain were studied among 130 undergraduate women. Participants completed the ProblemSolving Inventory (Heppner, 1988) and the Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (Moos, 1984). Regression analyses indicated that oral contraceptiveswhich are often prescribed to relieve menstrual pain among college womenwere not predictive of lower pain ratings. Problemsolving appraisal, however, was significantly predictive of pain. Ratings of effective personal control during problem solving were associated with lower ratings of premenstrual and menstrual pain. Results are discussed as they pertain to the study of psychological factors in menstruation, and to the study of problem solving and behavioral health. Copyright 1992, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

authors

• Elliott, Timothy

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• ELLIOTT, T. R.

citation count

• 25

complete list of authors

• ELLIOTT, TR

publication date

• January 1992

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Applied Social Psychology  Journal

keywords

• Chronic Pain
• Clinical Research
• Contraception/reproduction
• Pain Research

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1992.tb01540.x

start page

• 286

end page

• 297

volume

• 22

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.1992.tb01540.x

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being