--- title: Does poetry therapy help women with PMDD reduce negative thoughts and improve mood? description: Yes. Women who received group poetry therapy had significant improvements in negative thoughts, intrusive memories, and mood balance compared to no treatment. url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/effectiveness-of-group-poetry-therapy-of-mazza-s-multidimensional-model-based-on-2023/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - Does poetry therapy help women with PMDD reduce negative thoughts and improve mood? Non-randomised trial, 2023 # Does poetry therapy help women with PMDD reduce negative thoughts and improve mood? Yes. Women who received group poetry therapy had significant improvements in negative thoughts, intrusive memories, and mood balance compared to no treatment. Early or limited evidence 20 female dormitory students with PMDD at Farhangian University of Ardabil ## What they did Quasi-experimental study of 20 female dormitory students with PMDD. Half received group poetry therapy based on Ferdowsi's Shahnameh romantic debates, and half were controls. Measures included intrusive memories, automatic thoughts, and mood balance before and after treatment. ## What they found The experimental group had significant improvements in negative interpretation (F=40.990, p<0.01), rumination (F=23.367, p<0.01), suppression (F=13.753, p<0.01), distress (F=16.924, p<0.01), automatic thoughts (F=28.874, p<0.01), positive affect (F=13.892, p<0.01), and negative affect (F=55.887, p<0.01). ## What it means for you Poetry therapy may help reduce PMDD symptoms through therapeutic components like catharsis and empathy. The study was very small and from one university in Iran, so results may not apply elsewhere or across different cultures. 20 Female students studied p<0.01 All improvements statistically significant F=55.887 Largest effect (negative affect balance) ## About the study Original title Effectiveness of Group Poetry Therapy of Mazza's Multidimensional Model (Based on the Romantic Debates of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh) on Response to Intrusion Memories, Automatic Thoughts and Affect Balance in Female Students with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder Authors Laleh Senobar, Sayed Ali Sharifi Fard, Arefeh Bagher Pour Year 2023 Study design Non-randomised trial Participants 20 What was tested Group poetry therapy based on Ferdowsi's Shahnameh romantic debates Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.61838/kman.pwj.4.1.11](https://doi.org/10.61838/kman.pwj.4.1.11) ## Topics [Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pmdd/)[Low mood and depression](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-depression-mood/)[Psychotherapy, counselling and education](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-psychotherapy/)[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 Survey study, 2026 How common is PMDD among female medical students and what triggers it? Survey study, 2026 How common are severe PMS and PMDD in young women, and what are the risk factors? Survey study, 2025 How common is PMDD among female medical students in Vietnam? Non-randomised trial, 2023 Does a school health education program reduce PMS symptoms? Survey study, 2023 How common are PMS, PMDD, anxiety, and depression in rural adolescent girls? Randomised trial, 2023 Does peer education work as well as healthcare provider education for PMS in high school students? Ask AI about this page Copy prompt ChatGPT ↗ Claude ↗ Perplexity ↗ Google AI Mode ↗ Grok ↗