--- title: Is premenstrual syndrome related to aggression in adolescent girls? description: Yes. Aggression tendencies increased as PMS severity increased, and girls who noticed increased anger before their period had higher PMS intensity overall. url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/an-analysis-of-the-relationship-between-premenstrual-syndrome-and-aggression-2022/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - Is premenstrual syndrome related to aggression in adolescent girls? Survey study, 2022 # Is premenstrual syndrome related to aggression in adolescent girls? Yes. Aggression tendencies increased as PMS severity increased, and girls who noticed increased anger before their period had higher PMS intensity overall. Moderate study design 774 Turkish adolescent girls (university students, mean age 19.05 years) ## What they did 774 Turkish university students answered questions about whether they had premenstrual syndrome, the severity of their symptoms, their menstrual cycle patterns, and their aggression tendencies. ## What they found 58.3% had premenstrual syndrome. PMS intensity was higher in girls with cycle lengths shorter than 28 days, irregular cycles, inadequate knowledge about menstruation, anemia, and those whose anger or aggression increased during the premenstrual period. As PMS intensity increased, aggression tendencies also increased. ## What it means for you Aggression and anger during the premenstrual period may be part of the broader PMS picture rather than unrelated. However, this study only measured whether these things occur together, not whether one causes the other. The study was limited to university students in Turkey. 774 total participants 58.3% had premenstrual syndrome 19.05 mean age in years ## About the study Original title An Analysis of the Relationship Between Premenstrual Syndrome and Aggression Tendencies Among Turkish Adolescent Girls Authors Funda Evcılı, Gülşen Boztepe Güçlü Journal Adolescent Psychiatry Year 2022 Study design Survey study Participants 774 What was tested None Read the paper [doi.org/10.2174/2210676612666220718140805](https://doi.org/10.2174/2210676612666220718140805) ## Topics [Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Menstrual cycle and mood](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-cycle-mood/)[Irritability and anger](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-irritability-anger/)[Relationships and partners](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-relationships/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/)[Legal and forensic](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-legal-crime/) 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 Survey study, 2025 Are violent tendencies linked to premenstrual symptoms? Survey study, 2025 What psychological and personal factors predict which university students will develop premenstrual syndrome? Survey study, 2026 Is low calcium linked to worse PMS symptoms? Survey study, 2024 Does knowing about Ayurvedic yoga make teenage girls more interested in practicing it for PMS? Survey study, 2023 How common are PMS and PMDD among college girls, and what are their symptoms? Survey study, 2022 Does a girl's relationship with her mother affect her PMS symptoms? Ask AI about this page Copy prompt ChatGPT ↗ Claude ↗ Perplexity ↗ Google AI Mode ↗ Grok ↗