--- title: Does cognitive-behavioral emotional regulation training help women with PMDD? description: Yes. Training significantly improved marital happiness and emotional regulation in women with PMDD. This was a small study with a control group, so the effect url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/the-effectiveness-of-cognitive-behavioral-training-of-emotional-regulation-on-2021/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - Does cognitive-behavioral emotional regulation training help women with PMDD? Survey study, 2021 # Does cognitive-behavioral emotional regulation training help women with PMDD? Yes. Training significantly improved marital happiness and emotional regulation in women with PMDD. This was a small study with a control group, so the effect is promising but needs confirmation in larger studies. Moderate study design 30 women with PMDD symptoms at a hospital in Shahrood, Iran ## What they did Semi-experimental study with pre-test/post-test design. 30 women with PMDD were split into experimental (15) and control (15) groups. The experimental group received 12 weekly sessions of 90-minute cognitive-behavioral emotion regulation training. Both groups completed questionnaires about marital happiness and emotional regulation before and after. ## What they found Cognitive-behavioral training significantly improved marital happiness and cognitive emotional regulation in the experimental group compared to control (P<0.05). The control group showed no such improvement. ## What it means for you Cognitive-behavioral training may help women with PMDD improve emotional regulation and relationship satisfaction. This is a promising result but the study is small and limited to one hospital in Iran. Longer-term effects are unknown. 30 women (15 in each group) 12 training sessions 90 minutes per session ## About the study Original title The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral training of emotional regulation on marital happiness and cognitive emotional regulation of women with symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) Authors Shahnaz Nouhi, Malake Nasery Fadafan, Roza salehian et al. Journal International Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences Year 2021 Study design Survey study Participants 30 What was tested Cognitive-behavioral emotion regulation training: 12 sessions of 90 minutes each, once per week Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.22037/ijabs.v8i4.32855](https://doi.org/10.22037/ijabs.v8i4.32855) ## Topics [Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pmdd/)[Menstrual cycle and mood](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-cycle-mood/)[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/)[Cognition, concentration and memory](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-cognition/)[Cognitive behavioral therapy](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-cbt/)[Relationships and partners](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-relationships/) 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, 2023 What does research show about PMDD neurochemistry? Survey study, 2018 Do difficulties handling emotions affect premenstrual symptom severity? Review, 2015 What do we know about PMS and PMDD and how are they treated? Review, 2013 What treatments work best for PMDD? Systematic review, 2026 What types of talking therapy have been studied for PMS and PMDD? Cohort study, 2024 Does the menstrual cycle affect daily changes in suicidal thoughts? Ask AI about this page Copy prompt ChatGPT ↗ Claude ↗ Perplexity ↗ Google AI Mode ↗ Grok ↗