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KMID : 0379819830010010021
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Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
1983 Volume.1 No. 1 p.21 ~ p.36
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A study on the menarche of middle school girls in Seoul
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金美和/Kim, Mi Hwa
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Abstract
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It is assumed that menarche is affected not only by the biological factors such as nutrition and genetic heritage, but also it is affected by other socio-cultural environmental factors, including weather, geographic location, education and level of modernization. Also recent trend of menarche in Korea indicates that a lot of discussion are being generated to the need of sex education as a part of formal school education.
The purpose of this study is to develop the school health education program by determine the age of menarche, the factors relaxant to time of menarche and psycho-mental state of students at the time in menarche and investigate the present state of school health education relate to menarche of adolescents. The total number of 732 girls was drown from first, second and third grades of 4 middle schools in Seoul.
For the data collection the survey was conducted during the period from May 1 to May 20, 1982. by using prepared questionnaire.
The major results are summarized as follow;
1. Mean age at menarche and the percent distribution of menarche experienced. It was, observed that about 68.7% of sampled students have been experienced menarche at the time interviewed. For the each group, age at menarche is revealed that among the students about 37.8% are experienced menarche for under 12 years old group, 62.1% for 13 year-old group, 80.6% for 14 year-old group and 95, 5% for over 15 years old. In sum it was found. that the mean age at menarche was 12.3 years old, ranged from age at 10 as earliest the age at 15 as latest.
2. Variables associated with age at menarche.
1) There was tendency those student who belong to upper class economic status have had. menarche earlier than those student who belong to lower class. Therefore, economic status is closely related to age at menarche.
2) In time of mother´s education level, it is also found that those students whose mother´s education levels from high school and college are experienced menarche earlier than those students whose mother´s education levels from primary school and no-education.
3) However, in connection with home discipline, there was no significant relationship between age at menarche and home disciplines which are being treated "Rigid", "Mode-rated", "Indifferent".
4) Degree of communication between parents and daughter about sex matters was found to be associated each others in determination of age at menarche.
5) It was found that high association between mother´s menarche age and their daughter´s menarche age was observed. Mother´s age at menarche earlier trend to be shown also as earlier of their daughters.
6) Those students belong to "D & E" of physical substantiality index are trend to be earlier in menarche than those students in the index "A & B".
3. Psycho-mental state at the time of menarche. Out of the total students 68.2% had at least one or more than one of subjective symptoms. Shyness was shown as most higher prevalent symptom and others are fear, emotional instability, unpleasant feeling, depression, radical behavior, inferior complex and satisfaction appeared. Very few cases are appeared be guilty and stealing feeling.
4. The present status of school health education program related to menarche. As to the source of information about menarche, teacher was a main source with average index 5.88 and the other informants were mother & family member, friends, books and magazines, movies, television, and radio. For the problem solving at menarche, mother & family members were subject to discussion with an average index 6.02 as high. The others for discuss and knowledge about menarche were books, magazine, friends, teachers, and self -learning based on own experienced.. The time of learning about menarche, it was learned as highest percentage with 43.2% at a 6 grades of primary school, middle school with 34.4%, 5 grade of primary school with 18.2%, and 4 grade, pf primary school with 4.4% respectively.
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