Child-rearing variables affecting the preschool child's response to dental stress.
Responses to dental stress were evaluated in 26 pre-school children during an initial examination visit. Child-rearing practices, assessed by home observation and parental report, were correlated with the dental stress measures. Significant relationships emerged which suggest that child-rearing practices influence the child's acquisition of coping skills and stress tolerance.
D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D001290:Attitude; D002652:Child Behavior; D002668:Child Rearing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003729:Dental Care; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*