A Comparative Study of Beliefs and Attitude Towards Menstruation among Urban and Rural Postmenarcheal Adolescent Girls of Delhi NCR

By : Kavita Gupta, Ashok Kumar Patel, Shraddhesh Kumar Tiwari

Page No: 31-40

Abstract
In Indian Society, Menstruation is considered as a myth and taboo due to which restrictions are being imposed on them in their family leading to negative attitude towards menstruation. In view of the importance of beliefs & attitude towards menstruation, the present study was undertaken in Delhi NCR with an aim to assess the effect of socio-economic demographics on menstrual beliefs and attitude among 200 (100 urban; 100 rural) school going Postmenarcheal adolescent girls in the age group of 13 to 18 years studying in class 9th to 12th by administering Postmenarcheal Adolescent Menstruation Attitude Questionnaire (AMAQ). As a result, it was observed that there existed a significant difference in menstrual beliefs and attitude, mother’s educational level and occupation status, and family type and socio-economic status of family of urban and rural Postmenarcheal adolescent girls with p < 0.05.

Authors :
Kavita Gupta : M.A. Clinical Psychology – Indira Gandhi Open University, New Delhi, India.
Ashok Kumar Patel : Clinical Psychologist – Mental Health unit, District hospital, Balrampur, U.P. India271201
Shraddhesh Kumar Tiwari : Post Doctoral Fellow – Department of Psychology, Dean Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur. (UP), India.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2019.14.01.4