Glossary P

Premature termination refers to the withdrawal of a participant from a change-promoting group that occurs before the individual has reached his or her therapeutic goals.

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is a syndrome in which a woman experiences an increase in depressive symptoms during the pre-menstrual period and relief from these symptoms with the onset of menstruation

- Premenstrual syndrome: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is defined as a condition of anxiety, irritability, and depression during the days just before menstruation

Premise refers to a statement, from which others are inferred, that helps establish what is already known about a problem.

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Premise statements are sentences used in logical reasoning that describe facts or assumptions.

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Premises are propositions about which arguments are made

Premodernism refers to the belief that prevailed during the Middle Ages that all things, including human behavior, can be explained in terms of religious dogma.

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Premoral period is a period in Piaget’s theory that refers to the the first five (5) years of life, when children are said to have little respect for or awareness of socially defined rules.