--- title: Does managing stress, emotions, diet, exercise and sleep help PMS in female athletes? description: Yes. Stress response directly affects PMS, and managing emotions well, eating well, exercising and sleeping enough are connected to lower PMS. url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/relationship-of-stress-response-coping-and-lifestyle-with-premenstrual-syndrome-2021/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - Does managing stress, emotions, diet, exercise and sleep help PMS in female athletes? Survey study, 2021 # Does managing stress, emotions, diet, exercise and sleep help PMS in female athletes? Yes. Stress response directly affects PMS, and managing emotions well, eating well, exercising and sleeping enough are connected to lower PMS. Early or limited evidence 257 female university athletes in Japan, average age 20 years ## What they did 257 female university athletes in Japan (average age 20) answered online questions about stress response, emotional coping, diet, exercise and sleep. Researchers used analysis to find connections between these factors and PMS scores. ## What they found Stress response had a direct connection to PMS. Emotional coping and diet were linked to PMS through stress response. More exercise was linked to better sleep. Better sleep and good emotional coping were linked to better emotion management. ## What it means for you Reducing stress, developing healthy ways to cope with emotions, eating well, exercising and sleeping enough may help manage PMS. The study only looked at young athletes in Japan, so results may not apply to all women. 257 female athletes studied 20 years average age 0.63 strength of stress response link to PMS ## About the study Original title Relationship of stress response, coping and lifestyle with premenstrual syndrome in female university athletes: A structural equation modeling Authors Mayaka Tani, Yuko Oguma, Yoshinobu Saito et al. Journal 体力科學 Year 2021 Study design Survey study Participants 257 What was tested None Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.7600/jspfsm.70.109](https://doi.org/10.7600/jspfsm.70.109) ## Topics [Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Sleep and insomnia](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-sleep/)[Stress](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-stress/)[Exercise and yoga](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-exercise/)[Diet and nutrition](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-diet/)[Relationships and partners](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-relationships/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)[Athletes and sport](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-athletes/) 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 What dietary, lifestyle, and psychological factors are associated with PMS in young women? Survey study, 2026 What factors most strongly drive PMS severity in female engineering students? Survey study, 2019 What lifestyle and sleep habits are linked to PMS in teenage girls? Survey study, 2025 How common is PMS in medical students and how is it linked to lifestyle? Survey study, 2022 Do stress, exercise, and diet affect PMS in teenagers? Cohort study, 1984 What affects menstrual patterns in teenage girls? Ask AI about this page Copy prompt ChatGPT ↗ Claude ↗ Perplexity ↗ Google AI Mode ↗ Grok ↗