--- title: Does peer group education reduce anxiety about PMS in teenage students? description: Yes, peer group education reduced anxiety about PMS in these teenagers. Most had no anxiety after the program (72.7%) compared to 37.7% before. url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/peer-group-education-effective-on-students-anxiety-levels-facing-premenstrual-2023/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - Does peer group education reduce anxiety about PMS in teenage students? Survey study, 2023 # Does peer group education reduce anxiety about PMS in teenage students? Yes, peer group education reduced anxiety about PMS in these teenagers. Most had no anxiety after the program (72.7%) compared to 37.7% before. Early or limited evidence 77 female students in grades X and XI at one high school in West Jakarta, Indonesia ## What they did Researchers gave peer group education to 77 female students at one high school in West Jakarta, Indonesia. They measured anxiety about PMS before and after using a questionnaire. ## What they found Before the program: 29 students (37.7%) had no stress, 23 (29.9%) had mild anxiety, 16 (20.8%) had moderate anxiety, 8 (10.4%) had severe anxiety, and 1 (1.3%) had very severe anxiety. After the program: 56 students (72.7%) had no anxiety, 15 (19.5%) had moderate anxiety, and 6 (7.8%) had some anxiety. There was a clear difference. ## What it means for you Peer education helped reduce anxiety about PMS in these teenagers. The main limitation is that this was a small study in one school with no control group, so we cannot know if anxiety would have decreased on its own. 77 students 72.7% had no anxiety after program 37.7% had no stress before program ## About the study Original title Peer Group Education Effective on Students' Anxiety Levels Facing Premenstrual Syndrome Authors Anastasya Febiyani Bari, Regina Vidya Trias Novita, Ainum Jhariah Hidayah Journal Jurnal Aisyah Jurnal Ilmu Kesehatan Year 2023 Study design Survey study Participants 77 What was tested Peer group education about PMS Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.30604/jika.v8i2.1933](https://doi.org/10.30604/jika.v8i2.1933) Original abstract Adolescence in teenage girls, sexual maturity is marked by menstruation. Disorders accompanying menstruation are called Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS). The most common symptoms are crying easily, irritability, difficulty concentrating, and anxiety. The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of peer group education on the level of PMS anxiety in female students at BHK Grogol High School, West Jakarta. The design of this research is pre-experimental with one group pre-post test design. The population is all students of grades X and XI at SMA BHK Grogol, who are already menstruating with sample 77 students. The technique used is the proportional random. Peer education and independent variables PMS anxiety dependent variable. Data collection using a questionnaire, and statistical test. The paired t-test is used to see the effect of peer group education on the level of students' anxiety about PMS. There was a lot of respondents' anxiety before pre-education categories of no stress, mild anxiety, moderate, severe, and very severe, as many as 29 each (37.7%) 23 (29.9%),16 (20.8%), 8 (10.4%), and 1 (1.3%). Respondents' anxiety after the intervention 56 (72.7%) had no anxiety, 15 (19.5%) had moderate anxiety and 6 (7.8) had anxiety currently. The results of the paired t-test showed a significant value of 0.000 less than 0.05. It can be concluded that there is an effect of peer group education on PMS anxiety in class X and XI students at BHK Grogol High School, West Jakarta. Reproduced under CC-BY-SA. ## Topics [Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Anxiety and tension](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-anxiety/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/) 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 aerobic or resistance exercise reduce anxiety in women with PMS? Survey study, 2026 What dietary, lifestyle, and psychological factors are associated with PMS in young women? Survey study, 2025 Does PMS make teenage girls more anxious and reduce their quality of life? Survey study, 2024 Is PMS linked to mental health problems and stress in teenage girls? Survey study, 2023 How common are PMS, PMDD, anxiety, and depression in rural adolescent girls? Case-control study, 2020 Is diet quality lower in teenagers with PMS? Ask AI about this page Copy prompt ChatGPT ↗ Claude ↗ Perplexity ↗ Google AI Mode ↗ Grok ↗