A complex negotiation: Women's experiences of naming and not naming premenstrual distress in couple relationships

Women and Health

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 57-77

  Mooney Somers, Julie ^a   Perz, Janette ^b   Ussher, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural construction; PMS; Positioning Theory; Premenstrual distress; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSES; STEREOTYPING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 52649083116     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630240802134134     Document Type: Article

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