DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjams.2026.v14i04.027

Pages: 604-610

Background: Adolescence is a transitional period from childhood to adulthood, characterized by a spurt in physical, endocrine, emotional, and mental growth. As the direct reproducers of future generations, the health of adolescent girls influences not only their own health but also the health of the future population. Almost a quarter of India's population comprises girls below 20 years. One of the major physiological changes that takes place in adolescent girls is the onset of menarche, which is often associated with problems of irregular menstruation, excessive bleeding, and dysmenorrhea. Aims: To assess the determinants of dysmenorrhea and its impact on emotional well-being among adolescent girls. Methods and Materials: The impact of emotional well-being was assessed by using the Functional and Emotional Measure of Dysmenorrhea scale (FEMDS), respectively, from a complete enumeration sample of 100 dysmenorrhea adolescent girls studying in selected schools of Bagalkot. Data were analysed using a descriptive cross-sectional research design. Results: There was a highest percentage of adolescent girls had determinants of dysmenorrhea (54.41%), and a higher percentage of moderate well-being among adolescent girls had emotional well-being (61%). There exists a significant negative correlation between emotional well-being and determinants of dysmenorrhea (X2(1)31.214, X2(1)4.4905, P<0.05). Conclusions: The overall findings reveal that most of the adolescent girls had determinants of dysmenorrhea (54.41% Findings related to assessment of mean, SD, and mean percentage of determinants of dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls reveal that 51.41% had mean and SD (10.28±2.081).