The Relationship of Knowledge to The Attitudes of Class VII Teenage Girls in Readiness to Face Menarche

Menstruation is one of the things that many girls or teenage fear. Those who are not aware occurrence changes in body and its reproductive processes, can suppose menstruation diseases occurs on her affects physical mental health. It happens to given knowledge understanding correct menstruation, as a normal function. ready face menarche will experience fear, anxiety, surprise, sadness, disappointment, shame, worry confusion arise desire reject physiological process. Adolescence feels something cruel threatening, this also continue more negative direction. Teenage menarche, feel happy proud, because they consider themselves biologically mature. Analytical observational research with cross sectional design. The subjects study were grade VII SMPN 1 Gampeng Rejo Kediri aged 12-14 years willing become respondents, had menstruated wanted fill out questionnaires included inclusion questionnaire totaling 40 people. Most 29 respondents (72.5%) an attitude accepting criteria namely 2 (5%) 16 (40%) being sufficiently prepared 11 (27.5%) criteria. results correlation test showed there significant relationship between Menarche Knowledge Attitudes Class Girls Readiness. D gets value ρvalue = 0.000 < α 0.05.