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Moods in everyday situations: Effects of menstrual cycle, work, and stress hormones

Moods in everyday situations: Effects of menstrual cycle, work, and stress hormones
Moods in everyday situations: Effects of menstrual cycle, work, and stress hormones
Objective: This study examined women’s mood responsiveness on work and off days during different phases of the menstrual cycle. Methods: Self reports of negative, positive, and energy dimensions of mood were obtained throughout the day on two work and two off days during the luteal and follicular phases of the menstrual cycle in 203 women nurses. Individual differences in daytime and nighttime epinephrine, norepinephrine, and cortisol were assessed. Results: High daytime norepinephrine, epinephrine, and cortisol levels were associated with higher ratings of stress and tired, and with lower ratings of happy. Phase of the menstrual cycle and the day factor (work day, off day) were also associated with mood differences, and the direction of the effects depended on hormone levels and hormone sampling period. Conclusion: The experience of moods is affected by arousal-related interaction of hormone levels with phase of the menstrual cycle and occupational stress.
arousal, epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol, mood, menstrual cycle
0022-3999
343-349
Davydov, Dmitry M.
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Shapiro, David
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Goldstein, Iris B.
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Chicz-DeMet, Aleksandra
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Davydov, Dmitry M.
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Shapiro, David
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Goldstein, Iris B.
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Chicz-DeMet, Aleksandra
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Davydov, Dmitry M., Shapiro, David, Goldstein, Iris B. and Chicz-DeMet, Aleksandra (2005) Moods in everyday situations: Effects of menstrual cycle, work, and stress hormones. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 58 (4), 343-349. (doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.11.003).

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Objective: This study examined women’s mood responsiveness on work and off days during different phases of the menstrual cycle. Methods: Self reports of negative, positive, and energy dimensions of mood were obtained throughout the day on two work and two off days during the luteal and follicular phases of the menstrual cycle in 203 women nurses. Individual differences in daytime and nighttime epinephrine, norepinephrine, and cortisol were assessed. Results: High daytime norepinephrine, epinephrine, and cortisol levels were associated with higher ratings of stress and tired, and with lower ratings of happy. Phase of the menstrual cycle and the day factor (work day, off day) were also associated with mood differences, and the direction of the effects depended on hormone levels and hormone sampling period. Conclusion: The experience of moods is affected by arousal-related interaction of hormone levels with phase of the menstrual cycle and occupational stress.

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Published date: April 2005
Keywords: arousal, epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol, mood, menstrual cycle

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Local EPrints ID: 28640
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/28640
ISSN: 0022-3999
PURE UUID: 6b909459-1326-4ec8-8add-e37e94f16adb

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Date deposited: 02 May 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 07:26

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Author: Dmitry M. Davydov
Author: David Shapiro
Author: Iris B. Goldstein
Author: Aleksandra Chicz-DeMet

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