ERIC Number: EJ690212
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jan
Pages: 18
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Psychosocial and Cultural Factors Influencing Expectations of Menarche: A Study on Chinese Premenarcheal Teenage Girls
Yeung, Dannii Y. L.; Tang, Catherine So-kum; Lee, Antoinette
Journal of Adolescent Research, v20 n1 p118-135 Jan 2005
This study explored how psychosocial and cultural factors influenced expectations of menarche among 476 Chinese premenarcheal teenage girls. Results showed that participants' expectations of menarche were largely negative and heavily influenced by cultural beliefs about menstruation. Findings of hierarchical regression analyses revealed that positive emotional expectations of menarche were best predicted by perceptions of menstruation as a natural event, possession of positive self-concept, and rejection of indigenous negative menstrual attitudes. Negative emotional expectations of menarche were best predicted by perceptions of menstruation as a negative event, by inadequate preparation for menarche, by endorsement of indigenous negative menstrual attitudes, and by older age.
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Sex Education, Early Adolescents, Females, Social Influences, Psychological Patterns, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Emotional Response, Expectation
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Language: English
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