Evaluation of Regulation Strategies and Traumatic Experiences as Factors Predicting the Severity of Premenstrual Syndrome

Background: The goal of the present study was to investigate the prediction of severity of premenstrual syndrome based on traumatic life experiences and adaptive and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies. Methods: this was a descriptive-correlati the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) and the Traumatic Experiences Checklist (TEC) were used to gather data. Means standard deviations Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used to analyze the data. Results: The results indicated a significant relationship between premenstrual syndrome and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies so that catastrophizing predicted 37% of the variance of premenstrual syndrome. In addition there was a significant relationship between premenstrual syndrome and traumatic events so that threat to life/bizarre punishment/intense pain as a traumatic event predicted 34% of the variance of premenstrual syndrome. However no significant association was found between premenstrual syndrome and adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Conclusion: The results suggest that emotion regulation-based interventions and trainings can be useful in helping female student