title: Personality factors affecting the preschool child's response to dental stress.
abstract: Responses to dental stress were evaluated in 26 preschool children during an initial examination visit. Measures of the children's developmental status and personality were collected during a home visit. Significant relationships emerged which suggest that personality development influences children's ability to tolerate dental stress.
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D002652:Child Behavior; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003729:Dental Care; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D010551:Personality; D010553:Personality Development; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*