Case-control study, 2023
Do women with PMDD have different thinking patterns than women without it?
Yes. Women with PMDD had higher scores on self-punishment, emotional suppression, and feeling vulnerable compared to healthy women.
What they did
Researchers compared 80 women diagnosed with PMDD to 80 healthy women (160 total). Average age was about 24 years. Most were single (86.25%) and had completed university (70%).
What they found
Women with PMDD had higher scores on punitiveness (self-punishment), emotional suppression, and vulnerability compared to the healthy control group.
What it means for you
Women with PMDD may have certain unhelpful thinking patterns such as being hard on themselves and suppressing their emotions. The study is limited because all participants were young, mostly single, and university-educated, so findings may not apply to all women with PMDD.
160
women studied (80 PMDD, 80 without)
24.32
mean age in years
86.25%
single participants
About the study
- Original title
- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder and early maladaptive shemas
- Authors
- Deniz zturan, Cynthia Selim, Filiz zsoy
- Journal
- Journal of Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy and Research
- Year
- 2023
- Study design
- Case-control study
- Participants
- 160
- What was tested
- None - observational comparison of existing groups
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.5455/jcbpr.143242
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