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title: Do women with PMDD have more difficulty regulating their emotions?
description: Yes. Women with PMDD and PMS had significantly more difficulty with emotional regulation compared to controls, especially those with psychological symptoms.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/emotional-regulation-difficulties-and-premenstrual-symptoms-among-israeli-2016/
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# Do women with PMDD have more difficulty regulating their emotions?

Yes. Women with PMDD and PMS had significantly more difficulty with emotional regulation compared to controls, especially those with psychological symptoms.

 Early or limited evidence

648 female college students in Israel

## What they did

648 female college students completed two questionnaires: one screening for PMS and PMDD, and another measuring difficulty with emotion regulation. Researchers compared the groups.

## What they found

25.6% met criteria for PMS and 9.9% for PMDD. Both PMS and PMDD groups showed significantly more emotion regulation problems than controls. Women with predominantly psychological or mixed symptoms had more emotion dysregulation than those with mainly physical symptoms.

## What it means for you

Difficulty managing emotions may be connected to PMDD and PMS, especially when mood symptoms are present. This could lead to new treatments focused on emotion skills. However, this is only a college sample, so results may not apply to all women.

25.6%

met criteria for PMS

9.9%

met criteria for PMDD

648

total participants

## About the study

Original title Emotional regulation difficulties and premenstrual symptoms among Israeli students Authors Reuveni I, Dan R, Segman R et al. Journal Archives of women's mental health Year 2016 Study design Survey study Participants 648 What was tested None - observational study Read the paper [doi.org/10.1007/s00737-016-0656-y](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-016-0656-y)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pmdd/)[Low mood and depression](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-depression-mood/)[Mood swings and emotion regulation](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-emotional-regulation/)[Major depressive disorder](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-major-depression/)[Work and productivity](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-work/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)

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