--- title: What do adolescent girls know about how PMS affects emotions and mood? description: Many adolescent girls had limited knowledge about how PMS affects emotions. An informational booklet significantly improved their knowledge about PMS and its url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/a-study-to-assess-the-knowledge-regarding-psychological-problems-of-premenstrual-2017/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - What do adolescent girls know about how PMS affects emotions and mood? Survey study, 2017 # What do adolescent girls know about how PMS affects emotions and mood? Many adolescent girls had limited knowledge about how PMS affects emotions. An informational booklet significantly improved their knowledge about PMS and its psychological effects. Early or limited evidence 80 adolescent girls at preuniversity colleges in Belgaum city, India ## What they did Descriptive cross-sectional study of 80 adolescent girls at preuniversity colleges. Girls answered questions about their knowledge of psychological problems caused by PMS. They were then given an informational booklet about PMS and its management. ## What they found Most girls were aged 16-17 years. 60% had family members with PMS. 46 girls (34%) had knowledge about PMS. After the informational booklet was provided, girls showed significant improvement in their knowledge about psychological problems from PMS. ## What it means for you Many adolescent girls know little about how PMS affects emotions and psychology. A simple informational booklet can help improve their knowledge. The study was in one city and only at preuniversity colleges, so results may not apply to other school types or places. 80 adolescent girls at colleges 60% had family members with PMS 46 girls had knowledge about PMS ## About the study Original title A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Psychological Problems of Premenstrual Syndrome and its Management among Adolescent girls at Selected PU College of Belgaum City, with a View to Develop Informational Booklet Authors K Pathak, Gururaj Udapi Journal Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research Year 2017 Study design Survey study What was tested Informational booklet about PMS and its psychological effects Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.5958/2349-2996.2017.00003.9](https://doi.org/10.5958/2349-2996.2017.00003.9) Original abstract Many women experience various premenstrual physical, emotional, or behavioral changes, which at times reach such levels of severity that they may have substantial social impact upon the woman herself, her associates, and her work. So a descriptive study was undertaken to assess the knowledge regarding psychological problems of premenstrual syndrome and its management among adolescent girls in selected preuniversity colleges of Belgaum city. The findings revealed that, maximum number of subjects 54(67.5%) were in the age group 16–17 years, maximum number of subjects 40(50) belongs to Hindu religion, majority of the subjects were in class 11th (92.5%), maximum subjects (95%) belongs to joint family, maximum subjects have attained menarche 32(40%), maximum subjects members suffering from premenstrual syndrome 48(60%), majority of subjects have length of menstrual flow 54(67.5%), majority of the subjects having knowledge about premenstrual syndrome 46(34%). The informational booklet significantly brought out their improvement in the knowledge regarding psychological problems of premenstrual syndrome and its management. Reproduced under CC-BY. ## Topics [Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/)[Stigma, attitudes and culture](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-stigma-culture/) Research tells you what helps on average. Niyora helps on the day it hits. Calm down, see it another way, and decide what to say, with a PMS and PMDD app built by a doctor. ## Related studies Systematic review, 2025 Does teaching adolescent girls about their menstrual cycle and health help reduce period pain and PMS? Randomised trial, 2026 Does yoga or foot reflexology work better for teenage PMS? Survey study, 2025 What do adolescent girls in Pakistan know and think about PMS? Survey study, 2025 What psychological and personal factors predict which university students will develop premenstrual syndrome? Survey study, 2024 Does a psychosomatic relaxation package help adolescent girls with PMS? Survey study, 2024 How much do Indonesian 9th graders know about PMS and what are their attitudes? Ask AI about this page Copy prompt ChatGPT ↗ Claude ↗ Perplexity ↗ Google AI Mode ↗ Grok ↗