Is personality involved in the expression of dysmenorrhea in patients with endometriosis?
OBJECTIVE
To investigate whether a relationship exists between personality and expression of pain in women with endometriosis.


METHODS
With use of the Rosenzweig picture frustration study, the personality of women with endometriosis was assessed. These results were then correlated with the manifestation of pain.


RESULTS
Women without dysmenorrhea tended to be less assertive compared with women who complained of dysmenorrhea and women without endometriosis. Those women without dysmenorrhea showed a destructive attitude in face of a problem.


CONCLUSIONS
Personality affected the expression of pain. Pain caused by endometriosis was influenced by each personality type.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Teikyo University Ichihara Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
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Gomibuchi
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Taketani
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Doi
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Yoshida
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Mizukawa
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Kaneko
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Kohda
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Takei
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Kimura
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Liang
D000328:Adult; D001242:Assertiveness; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D010556:Personality Tests