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Avoidance Of Negative Experience, Emotional Regulation, and Pain Sensitivity among Female Emerging Adults with Menstrual Pain.

Role of Experiential Avoidance on Emotional Regulation and Pain Catastrophizing among female emerging adults with Dysmenorrhea - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/07/091849
Enrollment
168
Registered
2025-07-28
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-18

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Nil: Nil

Sponsors

Rhea Malhotra
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) 18 to 24 years 2) Females 3) Women with primary dysmenorrhea and those who have a pain score of 1 or higher (on a scale from 0 to 5) on the Menstrual Pattern Questionnaire.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Women diagnosed with secondary dysmenorrhea, including cases of Endometriosis, PCOS, or PCOD 2) Any current diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder 3) Severe history of mental health conditions Participants scoring more than 25 on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To study the relationship between experiential avoidance, emotional regulation and pain catastrophizing in females emerging adults with dysmenorrhea 2. To study the moderating role of experiential avoidance on the relationship between emotional regulation and pain catastrophizing in females emerging adults with dysmenorrhea (weight and self-medication as covariates).Timepoint: Pain sensitivity will be assessed at baseline Emotional regulation will be measured at baseline using the DERS scale.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NILTimepoint:—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactRhea Malhotra

Manipal College of Health Professions

anagha.deshmukh@manipal.edu7259619947

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026