--- title: Does cognitive-behavioral therapy help girls with PMDD feel better about themselves? description: Yes. Girls who received cognitive-behavioral therapy showed clear improvements in well-being and self-compassion compared to girls who received no treatment. url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/the-effectiveness-of-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-on-subjective-well-being-and-2025/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - Does cognitive-behavioral therapy help girls with PMDD feel better about themselves? Study, 2025 # Does cognitive-behavioral therapy help girls with PMDD feel better about themselves? Yes. Girls who received cognitive-behavioral therapy showed clear improvements in well-being and self-compassion compared to girls who received no treatment. Moderate study design 40 girls with PMDD, ages 18-25 ## What they did Assigned 40 girls with PMDD (ages 18-25) to treatment or control groups of 20 each. Treatment group attended 8 sessions of cognitive-behavioral therapy, each 2 hours long, once per week for 2 months. Control group received no treatment. ## What they found The treatment group showed clear improvements in subjective well-being and self-compassion compared to the control group. ## What it means for you Cognitive-behavioral therapy may help girls with PMDD improve well-being and develop self-compassion. The main limitation is the small sample of 40 girls. 40 girls with PMDD 8 therapy sessions 2 months treatment duration ## About the study Original title The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on subjective well-being and self-compassion in girls with premenstrual dysphoric disorder Authors Zahra Seyfi Kordlar, Majid Baradaran, Azar Kiamarsi et al. Journal Educational Psychology Skills مهارتهای روانشناسی تربیتی Year 2025 Study design Study What was tested Cognitive-behavioral therapy (8 sessions, 2 hours each, once per week for 2 months) Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.82935/psyedu.2025.1196583](https://doi.org/10.82935/psyedu.2025.1196583) Original abstract اختلال ملال پیش از قاعدگی، نوع شدیدی از اختلال پیش از قاعدگی است که منجر به بروز علائم فیزیکی، روانی و شناختی قابل پیش­بینی مشخص می‌شود. هدف اصلی مطالعه، بررسی اثربخشی درمان شناختی-رفتاری بر بهزیستی ذهنی و شفقت به خود در دختران مبتلا به اختلال ملال پیش از قاعدگی بود. روش پژوهش حاضر شبه­آزمایشی با طرح پیش­آزمون-پس­آزمون با گروه کنترل بود. از جامعه آماری دختران مبتلا به اختلال ملال پیش از قاعدگی دانشگاه آزاد واحد تالش درسال 1402 محدوده سنی 18 تا 25 سال، تعداد 40 نفر به روش نمونه‌گیری در دسترس انتخاب و بصورت تصادفی در یک گروه 20 نفره آزمایش و یک گروه 20 نفره کنترل گمارده شدند. گروه آزمایش مداخله درمان شناختی- رفتاری طی دو ماه در 8 جلسة 2 ساعته هفته­ای 1 جلسه دریافت کردند و گروه کنترل هيچ درماني را دريافت ننمود. جهت جمع­آوری داده­ها از پرسشنامه ابزار غربالگری ملال پیش از قاعدگی (PSST) توسط استینر و همکاران (2003)، بهزیستی­ذهنی (SWS) کی­یز و ماگیار - مو (۲۰۰۳) و پرسشنامه فرم بلند شفقت به خود ((SCS-LF نف و همکاران، (2003) پیش از آغاز درمان و پس از پایان جلسات استفاده شد. داده­های حاصل با استفاده از تحلیل کوواریانس چند متغیره تحلیل شدند. نتایج نشان داد که درمان شناختی- رفتاری در گروه آزمایش نسبت به گروه کنترل، بهزیسنی­ذهنی و شفقت به خود در دختران مبتلا به اختلال ملال پیش از قاعدگی معنادار بود (05/0sig>). بر این اساس، درمان شناختی- رفتاری مداخله­ای مؤثر در دختران مبتلا به اختلال ملال پیش از قاعدگی می ­باشد. Reproduced under CC-BY. ## Topics [Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pmdd/)[Low mood and depression](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-depression-mood/)[Cognition, concentration and memory](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-cognition/)[Cognitive behavioral therapy](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-cbt/)[Quality of life and daily functioning](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-quality-of-life/)[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 Which works better for PMDD: cognitive-behavioral therapy or mindfulness-based cognitive therapy? Randomised trial, 2019 Does online cognitive behavioral therapy help women with PMDD? Review, 2013 What treatments work best for PMDD? Systematic review, 2026 Do digital tools and apps help reduce PMS and PMDD symptoms? Review, 2025 What causes PMDD and why is it hard to function? Cohort study, 2022 What are PMS and PMDD and how should they be diagnosed and treated? Ask AI about this page Copy prompt ChatGPT ↗ Claude ↗ Perplexity ↗ Google AI Mode ↗ Grok ↗