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Personality traits in LLPDD and normal controls during follicular and luteal menstrual-cycle phases
B L Parry1, C L Ehlers, N Mostofi
1Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0804, USA.
Psychological Medicine
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
In 15 women with Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder (LLPDD) and in 15 normal control subjects, personality traits were assessed using the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) during follicular and luteal menstrual-cycle phases. Compared with controls, LLPDD subjects had less compulsive but more passive/aggressive and borderline/cycloid traits, and more depression and hypomania. Menstrual-cycle phase did not significantly affect personality variables in either group. In particular, depression and hypomania in LLPDD subjects suggests a relationship with affective disorders.