Scott C S, Arthur D, Owen R, Panizo M I
J Natl Med Assoc. 1989 Mar;81(3):285-90.
There has been substantial agreement in the literature that cultural attitudes influence females' reaction to menarche. Recently, growing interest has been shown in the ways cultural traditions affect the response to this event. To date, studies of the emotional impact of menarche have involved primarily white middle class populations. To determine whether the black American experience is similar to or different from that of a white American sample, the questions and measure used previously on a white sample were replicated in a group of middle class black adolescents. Although the black and white mean scores on positive feelings were similar (slightly positive), the blacks indicated somewhat greater negative feelings than did the whites. The black perception of menarche as more negative than positive is in accord with findings from other studies concerning the reaction to this event in this culture. Several explanations are suggested as possible bases for the negative feelings surrounding first menstruation in the United States.
文献中已达成广泛共识，即文化态度会影响女性对初潮的反应。最近，人们对文化传统影响对这一事件反应的方式表现出越来越浓厚的兴趣。迄今为止，关于初潮情感影响的研究主要涉及美国白人中产阶级群体。为了确定美国黑人的经历与美国白人样本的经历是相似还是不同，之前在白人样本上使用的问题和测量方法在一组中产阶级黑人青少年中进行了重复。尽管黑人和白人在积极情绪上的平均得分相似（略呈积极），但黑人表示的消极情绪比白人略多。黑人对初潮的看法是负面多于正面，这与其他关于该文化中对这一事件反应的研究结果一致。有人提出了几种解释，作为美国首次月经周围消极情绪的可能依据。
