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Structural comparison of a translated dental attitude questionnaire: a factor analytic study
Author(s) -
Timmerman E. M.,
Hoogstraten J.,
Nauta M.,
Meijer K.
Publication year - 1996
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.1600-0528.1996.tb00851.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , family medicine
In 1984 the Dental Attitude Questionnaire (DAQ). an instrument for assessing various aspects of a person's attitude toward oral health care, was presented by S tockwi‐xl & B anting. The DAQ consists of six content scales. Cynicism. Health Concern, Motivation, Oral Function, Social Aesthetic and Susceptibility, and two validity scales, Halo and Infrequency. A Dutch translation was presented in 1986 by Key index words: H oogstraten & B roers. In order to replicate the factor analysis on the original DAQ as reported by S tockwell & B anting the present study was undertaken. The results show a change in factor structure from a three factor solution to a two factor solution. A confirmatory factor analysis shows that the original three factor structure of the DAQ is not present in the data collected with the translated version. To account for this change, some possible reasons are discussed.