title: [Menstrual attitudes and maternal child rearing attitudes in middle school female students].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This correlational study was performed to identify the impacts of maternal child rearing attitudes on the menstrual attitudes and the determinants of positive menstrual attitudes in female middle school students.
  
  
  METHODS
  With convenience sampling, 198 middle school female students were recruited living in one major city and its surrounding areas in Korea. Data was collected using a self administered questionnaire including menstrual attitudes and maternal child rearing attitudes from April 1 to July 15, 2008.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the Maternal child rearing attitudes, affectionate, achievement oriented and rational attitudes had positive correlations to a positive menstrual attitude, and an autonomous attitude had a negative correlation to a negative menstrual attitude. As determinants of positive menstrual attitudes, feeling of menarche, mother's response at first menstruation, and rational maternal child rearing attitudes were delineated and their explained variance for a positive menstrual attitude was 18.5%. There was no difference on menstrual attitudes by K clustering in terms of maternal child rearing attitudes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results support the critical role of the mother. Especially desirable maternal child rearing attitudes in relation to a positive menstrual attitude would be affectionate, achievement oriented and rational for early adolescent girls. In further studies, considerations are needed for menstruation related education and research for early adolescents and active involvement of the mother & daughter together.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyoung Ja
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Hae Won
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hye Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Ahn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008572:Menarche; D008598:Menstruation / Q000523:psychology*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires