| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 健康促進與衛生教育學系 === 105 === This research aims at developing social networks which could improve the symptoms of menstrual discomfort, and further discusses the influencing factors of adolescent girls' intentions to partake in the social networks. By participating in the online community activities, adolescent girls are expected to gain peer support, understand and face up the symptoms of menstrual discomfort, and realize their capabilities of self-care when confronted with these symptoms. The social networks could build and facilitate proper group support and enhance the ease of teenage girls during the menstruation.
This is a observational research with 140 valid samples. These female students in school have already got menarche and in the recent six months they have the problems of menstrual discomfort. The cases' participation in the social networks is evaluated through structured self-assessment questionnaires collecting relevant data of their backgrounds, symptoms of menstrual discomfort, social supporting scale (including expectations and actual obtainment) , satisfaction and the intention of continuance. The test is discussed and presented with descriptive statistics, t-test, analysis of variance, multiple regression analysis and logistic regression. The research indicates:
The research findings as fllow:
1. The top three of the most acute symptoms of menstrual discomfort during the menstruation in sequence are abdominal cramps, fatigue, and backache as well as headache. The top three symptoms of psychological discomfort in sequence are getting fidgety and angry easily, emotional instability, and depression. The most acute symptoms of behaviors changing are: weeping easily and feeling like losing control.
2. The average of students' satisfaction of participating in the social networks in 5 points Likert Scale ranges between 3.74 to 3.85, which shows those subjects' feedback is positive.
3. The influencing factors in the participants' satisfaction are emotional (or appraisal support) , instrumental (or tangible support) and self-esteem.
4.More than 50% of the students have an intention to continue to partake in the social networks, and the significant influencing factor is the subjects' satisfaction(OR=1.35 , P＜.05).
This research could be applied to school health services and on-the-job training for school nurses, anticipating to offer concrete suggestions for future studies as well as provide references for schools and educators.
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