title: Menstrual attitudes among black and white premenarcheal girls.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if a difference exists between black and white fifth-grade girls' attitudes about menarche and menstruation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Menstrual Attitude Questionnaire-Adolescent Form (Brooks-Gunn & Ruble, 1980) was used to collect data from 55 premenarcheal females, ages 10-12 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings indicated no difference between black and white girls in Affirmation or Worry. Like older samples, the girls were moderate in affirmation. Unlike older samples, they evidenced less worry.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Analysis of the instrument used in this study raises questions in general regarding its use as originally developed. In addition, specific questions were raised about its use with different cultural groups.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Dashiff
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Buchanan
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008572:Menarche; D008598:Menstruation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*