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Dutch students' dental anxiety and occurrence of thoughts related to treatment
Author(s) -
Jongh Ad,
Horst Guusje
Publication year - 1995
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.1600-0528.1995.tb00223.x
Subject(s) - anxiety , medicine , clinical psychology , dentistry , psychiatry
The present study was intended to explore the relationship between individuals' level of dental anxiety and thoughts (both self‐statements and mental images) related to dental treatment. Subjects were 210 psychology students (75 males, 135 females). The results showed that 98% of the subjects reported one or more negative or catastrophic thoughts. A significant positive relationship was found between reported severity of anxiety (S‐DAI scores) and frequency of thoughts. The results indicate that dental anxiety is associated with the tendency to experience negative or threatening thoughts concerning treatment.