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title: Does PMS affect how women control emotions and feel socially connected?
description: Women with more PMS symptoms had poorer emotional regulation and felt more socially isolated. This is a small single-location study showing an association.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/navigating-premenstrual-syndrome-the-role-of-emotional-regulation-and-social-2025/
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# Does PMS affect how women control emotions and feel socially connected?

Women with more PMS symptoms had poorer emotional regulation and felt more socially isolated. This is a small single-location study showing an association.

 Early or limited evidence

100 adult women in Delhi, India, ages 18-25 and 30-45

## What they did

Researchers surveyed 100 adult women in Delhi, India, ages 18-25 and 30-45 years. They used three questionnaires to measure PMS symptoms, emotional regulation, and loneliness and examined connections between them.

## What they found

Greater PMS symptoms were linked to worse emotional regulation. Increased PMS severity was linked to increased social isolation. Women aged 30-45 had higher PMS symptom rates than those aged 18-25.

## What it means for you

PMS affects emotional health and social connection, not just the body. Since this is cross-sectional, we cannot know whether PMS causes these problems or whether emotional difficulties cause PMS.

100

women studied

18-25 and 30-45

age groups compared

## About the study

Original title Navigating Premenstrual Syndrome: The Role of Emotional Regulation and Social Isolation Authors Shivlika Dixit, Anshika Grover, Priyanshu Ojha Journal International Journal of Humanities & social Science studies (IJHSSS) Year 2025 Study design Survey study Participants 100 What was tested None, observational study Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.29032/ijhsss.vol.11.issue.04w.110](https://doi.org/10.29032/ijhsss.vol.11.issue.04w.110)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Mood swings and emotion regulation](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-emotional-regulation/)

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