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title: What psychological symptoms do adolescent girls with premenstrual syndrome experience?
description: Among 95 junior high school girls, 56.8% had PMS with mild severity. Most experienced irritability (87.4%), and large numbers experienced anxiety (72.6%) and
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/psychology-of-adolescent-women-who-experience-premenstrual-syndrome-at-junior-2023/
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Survey study, 2023

# What psychological symptoms do adolescent girls with premenstrual syndrome experience?

Among 95 junior high school girls, 56.8% had PMS with mild severity. Most experienced irritability (87.4%), and large numbers experienced anxiety (72.6%) and withdrawal behavior (86.3%).

 Early or limited evidence

95 junior high school students in Tuban, Indonesia

## What they did

Cross-sectional descriptive study in 2021-2022 of all 95 students at a junior high school in Indonesia. Researchers used a questionnaire to assess the psychological symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.

## What they found

54 out of 95 respondents (56.8%) experienced PMS with mild severity. Among all respondents, 83 (87.4%) experienced irritability, 69 (72.6%) experienced anxiety, and 82 (86.3%) experienced psychological problems including withdrawal.

## What it means for you

Most adolescent girls with PMS have psychological symptoms including irritability, anxiety, and withdrawal. Better understanding of PMS through health education could help girls manage it. Main limits: cross-sectional study cannot prove cause, and this was a small sample from one school.

54

students with mild PMS

87.4%

students with irritability

86.3%

students with withdrawal

## About the study

Original title PSYCHOLOGY OF ADOLESCENT WOMEN WHO EXPERIENCE PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 3 TUBAN Authors Siti Nurul, Titik Sumiatin, Su'udi Su'udi Journal Global Ten Public Health and Nursing Journal Year 2023 Study design Survey study Participants 95 What was tested None (descriptive study) Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.36568/gtphnj.v1i1.5](https://doi.org/10.36568/gtphnj.v1i1.5)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Psychotherapy, counselling and education](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-psychotherapy/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/)

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