Relationship between Self-Readiness and Anxiety Level in Facing Menarche in Elementary School Students in Donoharjo Area

Abstract

Background: Children perceive menarche as a scary thing because menarche will cause discomfort. Menarche is the first menstruation that usually occurs aged 10 - 16 years. One of the psychological risk factors for menarche is readiness, because unpreparedness causes feelings of anxiety.

Objective: Knowing the relationship between the level of self-readiness with the level of anxiety in facing menarche in elementary school students in the Donoharjo area.

Methods: This study is a quantitative study with a cross-sectional design. The sampling technique used simple random sampling of 71 respondents. And using the Gamma test.

Results: The majority of respondents were 10 years old (50.7%), the majority of students who lived with their parents(91.5%), the majority of respondents (70.4%) had not received menstrual education. The r value was 0.692 while thesignificance value of 0.030 was smaller than p = 0.05.

Conclusion: There is a significant and strong relationship between the relationship between self-readiness and anxiety level in facing menarche. It can be said that if the readiness is good, then the respondent will not be anxious in facingmenarche.