264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

Anne Walker shows that women are neither the victims of raging hormonal fluctuations nor entirely unaffected by them. Unlike most previous publications that focus on menstruation (a part of the cycle), The Menstrual Cycle presents a well researched study of the entire menstrual cycle and its relationship to women's lives. Women's own experiences in different cultures are contrasted with medical... Read more
Chapter 1 Menstruation; Chapter 2 A History of Menstrual Psychology; Chapter 3 Methods in Menstrual Cycle Research; Chapter 4 Cognitions and the Menstrual Cycle; Chapter 5 Mood and Well-Being; Chapter 6 Premenstrual Syndrome; Chapter 7 Epilogue: Is There a Psychology of the Menstrual Cycle?;

Biography

Anne E. Walker

This is a good read for anyone interested in the menstrual cycle ... In addition this is a must for anyone doing menstrual cycle research. It's great for study ideas and you could probably get the references for most studies that you would need to read ... It is also a great advertisement for (and introduction to) feminist methodology. - PSy-PAG Quarterly