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Abstract
Women college students in four countries were invited to write the story of their first menstruation in as much detail as memory allowed. Stories were received from 26 Lithuanians, 27 Americans, 20 Malaysians, and 23 Sudanese. The stories were read and their contents analyzed for the presence or absence of information on such topics as emotional reaction, preparedness, sources of information about menstruation, changes in body image, and celebrations of this rite of passage. Similarities and differences among the groups are discussed, and passages from particularly interesting stories are quoted.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Americas; Arab Countries; Asia; Behavior; Culture; Data Collection; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Eastern Europe; Education; Europe; Evaluation; Interviews; Lithuania; Malaysia; Menarche; Menstruation; North America; Northern Africa; Northern America; Psychological Factors--women; Puberty--women; Qualitative Evaluation; Reproduction; Research Methodology; Research Report; Schools; Southeastern Asia; Students--women; Sudan; United States; Universities
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Year: 1998 PMID： 9873290 DOI： 10.1080/073993398246287
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Health Care Women Int ISSN： 0739-9332