Body Image, Reaction to Menarche and Patterns of Heterosexual Relationship among Rural and Urban Female Pubescent: The Case of Addis Ababa and Ambo
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2005-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate how factors in the individual, for
example body image prior to puberty affects the adjustment of adolescent girls
to pubertal changes. In addition, the study also aimed at examining how
pubertal changes such as body image, reaction to menarche, and
heterosexual relationships are related to one another and affect one another.
About 190 female adolescents (Addis Ababa and Ambo) filled in a
questionnaire prepared for data collection.
The finding indicated that pre pubertal body image was negatively correlated
with adolescent girls' reaction to menarche. This means girls who perceived
themselves attractive during pre pubertal time fail to adjust themselves to the
onset of menstruation. The result of the study also indicated that those girls
who negatively reacted to menarche were found to develop body image
dissatisfaction. As a result they showed low interest towards opposite sex
relationship since heterosexual relationship was found to be correlated
positively with body image.
The paired sample t-test revealed that there was a significant difference
between pre and post pubertal body image. This relationship was also the
same for both urban and rural female pubescent.
Finally, the study indicated that there were significant differences between
urban~ and rural female adolescents in post pubertal body image, reaction to
menarche, heterosexual relationship and age of menarche.
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Heterosexual Relationship among Rural, and Urban Female Pubescent