HUBUNGAN TINGKAT STRES DENGAN SIKLUS MENSTRUASI PADA SISWI KELAS XII SMA N 5 KOTA BENGKULU

Abstract

Adolescence period is an important period in the life span of adolescents when they
are experiencing a transitional period of individual in finding into adulthood. The early years of
menstruation are the period that susceptible to disturbance, 75% of women in adolescent have
sustain disorder with menstruation that is irregular menstruation. The purpose of this study was to
determine the correlation between stress and we menstrual cycle in female students of XII classes
at SMA N 5 Bengkulu City 2014. The study design that used was Descriptive Analytic design by
using cross sectional, population in this study were all female students of class XII consist of 106
people, technique sampling used total sampling. Data Analysis were univariate and bivariate. The
results showed that almost all respondents (84.2%) have irregular menstrual patterns. The results
of the chi square expressed the relationship and stress levels and the menstrual cycle (p = 0.000)
It is recommended to the school as a place of education for girls, school is expected to assist the
student information about how to prevent the occurrence of stress, arrenge schedule with considence
in getting relax and rest time for girls student do not that student does not feel burdened
with activities and school schedules both in academic and non-academic, to reduce the risk of
stress on the students.