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Psychologic correlates of dental anxiety
Author(s) -
Schuurs Albert H. B.,
Duivenvoorden Hugo J.,
Thoden van Velzen Sijo K.,
Verhage Frans,
Makkes Peter C.,
Eijkman Michiel A. J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1986.tb01499.x
Subject(s) - neuroticism , anxiety , medicine , personality , locus of control , clinical psychology , principal component analysis , variance (accounting) , psychiatry , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychology , statistics , mathematics , accounting , business
In an attempt to establish the relationships between dental anxiety and personality traits, such as neuroticism and locus of control, a survey has been carried out among 30‐40‐yr‐olds in a Dutch town. In the first instance, the questionnaires comprising the psychologic items were treated by Non‐Metric Principal Components analysis to detect the underlying structure. The principal components found were then used in a second‐stage analysis. The results appear to be at variance with the literature, i.e. subgroups discernible in the sample by sets of psychologic features were not associated with dental anxiety categories.