Predicting Menstruation-Related Topic Avoidance between Daughters and Mothers in Two Regions of Northern India

IF 0.7 Q3 COMMUNICATION

WESTERN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2022-11-07 DOI:10.1080/10570314.2022.2141072

Maria K. Venetis, Ashleigh N. Shields, Meghana Rawat, Jyoti Seth

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Abstract

Young women in India report that avoidant talk within families hinders their ability to communicate about menstruation, further promoting stigma and limiting knowledge. Participants included 287 college-attending women from one of two colleges in different locations in northern India. Participants completed surveys that were guided by the disclosure decision-making model (DD-MM) and asked about menstruation-related topic avoidance with mothers. Results find that the stigma of being dramatic is a consistent predictor across the two locations but that predictors otherwise differ. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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预测印度北部两个地区女儿和母亲之间与月经有关的话题回避

印度年轻女性报告称，家庭内部的回避性谈话阻碍了她们交流月经的能力，进一步助长了耻辱感，限制了知识。参与者包括来自印度北部不同地区两所大学之一的287名在校女性。参与者在披露决策模型（DD-MM）的指导下完成了调查，并询问了母亲对月经相关话题的回避。结果发现，在这两个地方，戏剧性的耻辱感是一个一致的预测因素，但预测因素在其他方面有所不同。讨论了理论和实践意义。

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WESTERN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION-

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1.90

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9.10%

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期刊介绍： Published quarterly since 1937, the Western Journal of Communication is one of two scholarly journals of the Western States Communication Association (WSCA). The journal is dedicated to the publication of original scholarship that enhances our understanding of human communication. Diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives are welcome. WJC"s longstanding commitment to multiple approaches, perspectives, and issues is reflected by its history of publishing research across rhetorical and media studies, interpersonal and intercultural communication, critical and cultural studies, language behavior, performance studies, small group and organizational communication, freedom of speech, and health and family communication.