Koff E, Rierdan J, Sheingold K
J Youth Adolesc. 1982 Feb;11(1):1-9. doi: 10.1007/BF01537812.
The relationships between age at menarche, preparation for menarche, and initial experience of menarche, were assessed in a retrospective questionnaire administered to 97 college aged women. The more knowledgeable a girl was prior to menarche, the more adequate she perceived her preparation for menarche to have been; and the older she was at the time of menarche, the more likely she was to report a positive initial experience. These data support clinical anecdotes describing initial responses to menarche, and provide information about the factors which can moderate the extent to which menarche is experienced as a traumatic and disruptive event.
通过对97名大学年龄女性进行的回顾性问卷调查，评估了初潮年龄、初潮准备情况和初潮初始体验之间的关系。女孩在初潮前知识越丰富，就越觉得自己为初潮做的准备充分；初潮时年龄越大，就越有可能报告有积极的初始体验。这些数据支持了描述对初潮初始反应的临床轶事，并提供了有关哪些因素可以减轻初潮被视为创伤性和破坏性事件程度的信息。
