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Polycystic ovary syndrome is a common disorder that affects women of reproductive age. PCOS is associated with a higher risk of mental health problems. Women with PCOS may face unique challenges in their resilience, emotion regulation, and experiences in close relationships. The present study aims to establish the comparison between women with PCOS and without PCOS in their emotion regulation, resilience, and experiences in close relationships. The sample consisted of 100 women (50 with PCOS, 50 without PCOS) who are between 21-30 years and in a premarital relationship. The Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS) is used to assess resilience levels, The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is used to assess individual differences in emotion regulation strategies, and The Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (ECR-S) is used to assess attachment style in close relationships. An Independent Sample T-test is used to analyze the data. The results indicated that there is a significant difference in the levels of resilience of women with and without PCOS. Another major finding of the research suggested that in both the facets of Emotion Resilience: Cognitive Reappraisal and Expressive Suppression, there was a significant difference between both groups. Finally, our third variable, Experiences in Close Relationships measured the attachment styles: Anxiety Attachment Style and Avoidant Attachment Style, it was revealed that women with PCOS have higher levels of avoidance attachment style, whereas no significant difference in anxiety attachment style.