title: Emotion regulation in women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
abstract: Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a psychiatric disorder that causes serious impairments in the functioning and quality of life of affected women. Until recently, research efforts were somewhat hampered by the lack of formal diagnostic criteria, which have now been codified as a category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Better characterization of deficits in socioemotional functioning caused by PMDD may aid in improving treatment efforts. In this investigation, prospective symptom ratings, based on DSM-5 criteria, were used to measure PMDD symptoms in 36 women (18 with PMDD and 18 healthy controls). Two self-report inventories, the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, were used to measure ability to regulate emotions, and socioemotional functioning was measured by inventories of social connectedness, perceived stress, and affect. Potential relationships between ability to regulate emotion and PMDD symptom severity, as well as other measures of socioemotional functioning and affective state, were tested. Women with PMDD reported significantly more behavioral impulsivity and greater difficulties in regulating emotion and in socioemotional functioning. Cognitive or behavioral strategies to improve these problems may benefit women with PMDD and help to alleviate distress caused by this disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA. elondon@mednet.ucla.edu.|Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA. elondon@mednet.ucla.edu.|Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA. elondon@mednet.ucla.edu.|Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, 740 Westwood Plaza, Mail code: 175919, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA. elondon@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Edythe D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: London
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA.
authors.forename: Letty
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA.
authors.forename: Dara G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Ghahremani
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gerards
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Room 27-139 CHS, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Room 27-139 CHS, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA. arapkin@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Andrea J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rapkin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D065446:Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D057566:Self Report; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Affect; Emotion regulation; PMDD; Premenstrual dysphoric disorder