Author/Authors :
Jazayeri ، Shirin نويسنده Ph.D Graduate in Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch. Karaj, Iran , , Ahadi ، Hasan نويسنده Professor in Psychology, Islamic AZAD University, Karaj Branch. Karaj, Iran , , Jomehri، Farhad نويسنده Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Allameh Tabatabaee University, Tehran, Iran Jomehri, Farhad , Mehryar ، Amir Houshang نويسنده Professor in Psychology, Institute of Management, Research & Planning ,
Abstract :
The aim of this research is to compare the effects of medical intervention with those of
psychological intervention on controlling premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and also on reducing
the signs of anxiety and depression as a result of this syndrome. To this end, a group of women
(all of whom experienced PMS) were introduced to the researcher by gynecologists from six
medical centres in Tehran. The volunteers were all between 20 to 35 years of age, married, had
post-secondary education, had never borne children and did not at the time of the research suffer
from mental or physical malaise. Of these, 36 were randomly selected and were put in three
random groups of 12, with group one being the control group, group two under experiment 1
(medical intervention: use of the contraceptive, Cyproterone compound, in three periods) and
group three under experiment 2 (psychological intervention: doing relaxation three times a week
for three months as well as reading self-help material). Following pretests and posttests (BECK-
Depression test, BECK-anxiety test and signs of PMS), the research found that medical and
psychological intervention can reduce depression, anxiety and other premenstrual syndrome
signs in women.
