--- title: Does quality of life and thinking patterns affect how bad PMS is? description: Yes. Women with better quality of life have less PMS. Women with more unhelpful thinking patterns have more PMS symptoms. url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/modeling-premenstrual-syndrome-based-on-quality-of-life-with-the-mediating-role-2023/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - Does quality of life and thinking patterns affect how bad PMS is? Survey study, 2023 # Does quality of life and thinking patterns affect how bad PMS is? Yes. Women with better quality of life have less PMS. Women with more unhelpful thinking patterns have more PMS symptoms. Moderate study design 400 married university students in Tehran, Iran, in 2020-2021. ## What they did This cross-sectional study surveyed 400 married university students in Tehran during 2020-2021. Women completed questionnaires measuring PMS, quality of life, and thinking patterns. Researchers analyzed how these factors were related. ## What they found Better quality of life was related to fewer PMS symptoms. Better quality of life was also related to fewer unhelpful thinking patterns. The more unhelpful thinking patterns a woman had, the more PMS symptoms she had. The overall model fit the data well. ## What it means for you How a woman feels about her life and her thinking patterns may be connected to how severe her PMS is. However, we cannot tell from this study which came first. Poor quality of life could cause PMS, or PMS could cause poor quality of life. Also, the study was done in one university in one country. 400 Women surveyed in Tehran ## About the study Original title Modeling Premenstrual Syndrome based on Quality of Life with the Mediating Role of Early Maladaptive Schemas Authors Maryam Alijani, Rasoul Roshan Chesli, Abolghasem Isamorad roodboneh et al. Journal Journal of Assessment and Research in Applied Counseling Year 2023 Study design Survey study Participants 400 What was tested None (observational study) Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.61838/kman.jarac.5.3.7](https://doi.org/10.61838/kman.jarac.5.3.7) ## Topics [Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Quality of life and daily functioning](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-quality-of-life/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/) 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 Randomised trial, 2026 Does Kundalini Reiki help reduce PMS symptoms and improve quality of life? Randomised trial, 2026 Does a warm footbath help PMS symptoms and sleep quality? Randomised trial, 2025 Which is more effective for PMS - Vitagnus, soy, or both together? Systematic review, 2025 How common are PMS, PMDD, and painful periods in nursing students, and do they affect their schooling? Systematic review, 2025 Does teaching adolescent girls about their menstrual cycle and health help reduce period pain and PMS? Systematic review, 2020 How common is PMS among women of reproductive age in Ethiopia? Ask AI about this page Copy prompt ChatGPT ↗ Claude ↗ Perplexity ↗ Google AI Mode ↗ Grok ↗