Sindhuja Manisha Kamini P and Chirimi Acharya
Amity University, Rajasthan
One of the horrifying life stage of females be their adolescence where they experience
the complete transformation in their body. Menstrual cycle in the adolescent girls have
an influential strength on the lot of elements like their mental health and well-being
including the quality of life. The positive or negative attitude helps in the determination
of the overall quality of life. The current research aims to find out if the attitude held
towards menstruation in the adolescent stage influences the quality of life or not. The
study involved 375 Schoolgirls with age between 13and 16. The data were collected by
rolling out the questionnaires for each of the variables in the study (Adolescent Attitude
Towards Menstruation Questionnaire (AMAQ) and Youth Quality Of life (YQOL). The
findings of the study reveals that there existed a relationship between the variables.
Girls who exhibited more of positive attitude towards their menstruation experiences a
better and substantial level of good quality of life. The study concludes that the overall
life experiences and is influenced by the attitude towards the menstrual cycle for the
adolescent girls.