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Development of a New Scale to Measure Beliefs about and Attitudes Toward Menstruation (BATM): Data from Mexico and the United States 

Authors: Ma. Luisa Marvaacuten ab;  Dyana Ramiacuterez-esparza a;  Sandra Corteacutes-iniestra a; Joan C. Chrisler b
Affiliations:   a Department of Psychology, Universidad de las Ameacutericas-Puebla, Meacutexico
b Department of Psychology, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA
DOI: 10.1080/07399330600629658
Publication Frequency: 12 issues per year
Published in: journal Health Care for Women International, Volume 27, Issue 5 July 2006 , pages 453 - 473
Subjects: Medical Sociology; Women;
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Abstract

This article introduces the Beliefs about and Attitudes toward Menstruation Questionnaire (BATM). It is a 5-point Likert scale that was normed on 1,090 Mexican people of different ages and educational levels. In a second study data from 274 undergraduate students from Mexico and the United States were compared. Four factors emerged in both samples: secrecy, annoyance, proscriptions and prescriptions, and pleasant. Mexican students scored significantly higher than U.S. students on the Proscriptions and Prescriptions subscale. Men scored significantly higher on this subscale than women. Implications of these findings are discussed, as is the possible utility of the questionnaire for future research.
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