Date of Award:
5-1986
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Human Development and Family Studies
Department name when degree awarded
Family and Human Development
Committee Chair(s)
Brent C. Miller
Committee
Brent C. Miller
Committee
Reed Gertsen
Committee
Kim Openshaw
Abstract
This research examined husband and wife attitudes toward menstruation and how these attitudes related to certain behaviors within marriage. The sample consisted of 48 Married couples, some living in Davis, California and some living in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Specifically, four objectives were pursued:
- Assess husbands' and wives' perceptions of how behaviors within marriage vary over the wives' menstrual cycles.
- Assess husbands' and wives' attitudes toward menstruation.
- Examine how husband's and wives' attitudes toward menstruation might be associated with perceptions of how behaviors within marriage vary over the wives' menstrual cycles.
- Examine how wives' perceptions of differences in behavior over the menstrual cycle are associated with their reporting of perceived menstrual symptomology.
It was discovered that husbands and wives had varying attitudes toward menstruation and these attitudes were related to their reporting of the occurrence of certain male and female behaviors within marriage. Husbands and wives who had more stereotypic attitudes toward menstruation reported greater behavior change in themselves and their spouses due to menstruation within marriage than those who had less stereotypic attitudes. In addition, the wives' reporting of menstrual symptomotology was related to their reporting of behavior change in marriage due to their menstrual period. Women who reported the greatest menstrual symptomotology also reported the greatest amount of behavior change within marriage due to menstruation.
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Recommended Citation
Caswell-Madsen, Debra L., "Perceptions of Menstruation as an Indicator of Stereotypic Beliefs Within Marriage" (1986). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2463.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2463
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