--- title: Can group therapy help adolescent girls with PMS manage emotions and reduce binge eating? description: Yes. Adolescent girls who received group supportive psychotherapy showed significant improvement in anger control, mood, anxiety, and positive emotions, and a url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/effectiveness-of-group-supportive-psychotherapy-on-emotion-regulation-and-2025/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - Can group therapy help adolescent girls with PMS manage emotions and reduce binge eating? Study, 2025 # Can group therapy help adolescent girls with PMS manage emotions and reduce binge eating? Yes. Adolescent girls who received group supportive psychotherapy showed significant improvement in anger control, mood, anxiety, and positive emotions, and a significant reduction in binge eating compared to girls who did not receive treatment. Moderate study design 34 high school girls with PMS in Sabzevar, Iran ## What they did Researchers recruited 34 high school girls with PMS and randomly assigned them to either treatment or control. The treatment group attended eight 90-minute sessions of group supportive psychotherapy. Both groups completed questionnaires measuring emotion control and binge eating before and after treatment. ## What they found The treatment group showed significant improvement in anger control, mood, anxiety, and positive affect. They also showed a significant reduction in binge eating compared to the control group after treatment. ## What it means for you Group-based psychological support may help high school girls with PMS manage their emotions and reduce stress-related eating. This therapy addresses how girls regulate their feelings, which helps reduce problematic coping behaviors. The main limitation is the small size (only 34 girls from one school in Iran), so results may not apply everywhere. 34 Total number of girls in the study 17 Girls in each group (treatment and control) 8 Number of therapy sessions provided ## About the study Original title Effectiveness of Group Supportive Psychotherapy on Emotion Regulation and Reduction of Binge Eating in Adolescents with Premenstrual Syndrome Authors Alireza Sadeghizade, Mahdieh Mollaei Journal Journal of Applied Research in Behavioral Sciences پژوهش های کاربردی در علوم رفتاری Year 2025 Study design Study What was tested Eight 90-minute sessions of group supportive psychotherapy Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.82264/arbs.2025.1226110](https://doi.org/10.82264/arbs.2025.1226110) Original abstract هدف پژوهش حاضر بررسی اثربخشی روان‌درمانی حمایتی گروهی بر تنظیم هیجان و کاهش پرخوری عصبی در نوجوانان دختر مبتلا به سندرم پیش از قاعدگی بود. این مطالعه به روش نیمه‌آزمایشی با طرح پیش‌آزمون–پس‌آزمون و گروه کنترل انجام شد. جامعه آماری شامل دانش‌آموزان دختر دبیرستانی شهرستان سبزوار در سال تحصیلی 1404–1403 بود. از میان آنان، 34 نفر به‌صورت هدفمند انتخاب و سپس به‌طور تصادفی در دو گروه آزمایش (17 نفر) و کنترل (17 نفر) جایگزین شدند. گروه آزمایش طی هشت جلسه 90 دقیقه‌ای تحت روان‌درمانی حمایتی گروهی قرار گرفت. ابزارهای پژوهش شامل پرسشنامه کنترل عواطف ویلیامز و کمبل، پرسشنامه پرخوری عصبی گورمالی و همکاران، و مقیاس ارزیابی سندرم پیش از قاعدگی استاینر بود. داده‌ها با استفاده از تحلیل کوواریانس تک‌متغیره و چندمتغیره (ANCOVA/MANCOVA) بررسی شدند. نتایج نشان داد که پس از کنترل اثر پیش‌آزمون، روان‌درمانی حمایتی گروهی موجب بهبود معنادار در مؤلفه‌های کنترل هیجان شامل کنترل خشم، خلق افسرده، اضطراب و عاطفه مثبت شد. همچنین کاهش معناداری در پرخوری عصبی مشاهده گردید. یافته‌ها حاکی از آن است که روان‌درمانی حمایتی گروهی می‌تواند به‌عنوان یک مداخله روان‌شناختی مؤثر در بهبود تنظیم هیجان و کاهش پرخوری عصبی در نوجوانان مبتلا به سندرم پیش از قاعدگی مورد استفاده قرار گیرد. Reproduced under CC-BY. ## Topics [Eating disorders](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-eating-disorders/)[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)[Mood swings and emotion regulation](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-emotional-regulation/)[Appetite and food cravings](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-food-cravings/)[Psychotherapy, counselling and education](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-psychotherapy/) 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? 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