Golub S, Catalano J
Women Health. 1983 Spring;8(1):49-61. doi: 10.1300/J013v08n01_06.
Seventy college women aged 18 to 22 and 67 older women aged 30 to 45 completed a questionnaire comprised of multiple choice and open-ended questions covering recollections of menarche, preparation for menstruation, menstrual symptoms, and current attitude. The hypothesis that menarche was a significant developmental event that would be readily recalled by a majority of women regardless of age was confirmed. Almost all of the women remembered their first menstruation and the early experiences described by both groups were similar. Most women felt they were adequately prepared and a significant relationship was found between adequacy of preparation and positive reaction to menarche among the college women. Both groups reported a similar incidence of menstrual pain, bleeding, and amenorrhea. However, the incidence of menstrual symptoms in adult women was not significantly related to preparation for menstruation or to whether or not menarche was a positive event.
70名年龄在18至22岁之间的大学女生和67名年龄在30至45岁之间的年长女性完成了一份问卷，问卷由多项选择题和开放式问题组成，内容涵盖初潮回忆、经期准备、月经症状及当前态度。初潮是一个重大发育事件，无论年龄大小，大多数女性都能轻易回忆起这一假设得到了证实。几乎所有女性都记得自己的初潮，两组描述的早期经历相似。大多数女性觉得自己准备充分，并且在大学女生中，准备充分程度与对初潮的积极反应之间存在显著关系。两组报告的痛经、出血和闭经发生率相似。然而，成年女性月经症状的发生率与经期准备或初潮是否是积极事件并无显著关联。
