Coping responses of men whose partners experience premenstrual symptomatology

While premenstrual syndrome (PMS) has received much attention from researchers and the media, little has been done to document systematically the effect of premenstrual symptomatology on relationships and family functioning. An exploratory study was conducted of the coping responses of men whose partners reported either high or low levels of premenstrual symptomatology. Men in this study used a wide variety and combination of coping responses. Men actively respond to their partners' premenstrual symptomatologies with a variety of coping strategies, some of which may be amenable to nursing intervention.