OPTIMISM, SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIA

The relationships between dispositional optimism, social support, and mood and performance symptoms associated with the premenstrum were exa mined in a sample of 101 adult women. Optimism and satisfaction with o ne's level of social support were positively correlated. Optimism was related inversely to mood-related symptoms. even after controlling for the effects of social support. Optimism did not correlate with premen strual performance impairment. Social support did not correlate with a ny premenstrual symptoms. (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.