title: Human menstrual synchrony: a critical assessment/.
abstract: This review on menstrual synchrony in human females has four purposes: (a) to determine whether or not the phenomenon exists, and whether it differs in the various groups studied: roommates in dormitories, roommates in private residences, close friends, work groups, mothers-daughters; (b) to assess the magnitude of its effect, i.e., to what extent does the single factor of living together affect menstrual synchrony?; (c) to examine the effects of menstrual-related factors, social interaction factors, and personality on menstrual synchrony; (d) to assess whether the findings support a pheromonal or common environmental explanation of menstrual synchrony. Several methodological issues are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weller
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weller
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008598:Menstruation / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D010675:Pheromones / Q000502:physiology*; D012931:Social Environment
chemical_list: D010675:Pheromones