Survey study, 2025
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.
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
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