title: Personality hardiness, anxiety, and depression as constructs of interest in the study of temporomandibular disorders.
abstract: This study examined the stress-mediating characteristics of the personality construct of hardiness within a population of dental patients diagnosed with a temporomandibular disorder (TMD). It was found that hardiness, consisting of feelings of control and commitment, was significantly lower in TMD patients when compared with a matched control group of non-TMD subjects. A third proposed factor of hardiness, challenge, was not found to differ significantly between the groups. Anxiety and depression self-ratings also did not differ significantly between the groups.
authors.affiliation: College of Dentistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68583-0740.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Stockstill
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Callahan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008347:Manifest Anxiety Scale; D010551:Personality; D010556:Personality Tests; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000523:psychology*