Effects of group counseling with cognitive-behavioral approach on reducing depression symptoms of Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)

Introduction: Women suffering from Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) tend to have negative attitudes towards their own psychological changes. Negative attitudes and inappropriate adaptive reactions may bring about physiological consequences. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of counselling with cognitive – behavioural approach on reducing PMS depression symptoms. Methods: The research method was quasi experimental with pre test-post test design and control group. A sample of 34 women was selected by available sampling method as the statistical sample and was randomly assigned into two groups named control and intervention. Hypothesises were tested by co-variance analysis. Result: Results indicated that the post-test values have been affected by the independent variable (F=18.63, P < 0.05). Conclusions: The results of study showed that cognitive-behavioural therapy had positive effects on PMS depression symptoms of female staff of Science and Industry University reducing their complications.