The PMS illusion: Social cognition maintains social construction

Sex Roles

Volumn 54, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 371-376

  Chrisler, Joan C ^a   Rose, Jennifer Gorman ^a   Dutch, Susan E ^b   Sklarsky, Katherine G ^a   Grant, Marie C ^a  

^a Connecticut College   (United States)

^b WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward PMS; Locus of control; Optimism; Premenstrual syndrome; Self serving biases

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750708256     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9005-3     Document Type: Review

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