[The image on dental environment in mothers. A comparison of handicapped and normal children's mother].
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the image on the dental environment of the mothers of handicapped and normal children. To investigate the image on dental environment, the Semantic Differential Method was applied to mothers of 42 handicapped and 35 normal children. They rated 4 items--'dentist', 'my child', 'dental treatment' and 'dental operating room'--on the adjective-scales 12 pairs. The results of this study were summarized as follows: 1. In comparing the mean of the rating score, it observed that the mothers of handicapped children have a more positive image than the mothers of normal children. This tendency appeared more clearly at 'dental treatment' and 'dental operating room'. 2. By principal factor analysis and varimax rotation, 2 factors were extracted from every 4 items. 3. Factor scores at factor 1 and factor 2 of the mothers of handicapped children were different from those of the mothers of normal children. The mothers of handicapped children had views that a dental treatment is ease and acceptable, and that a dental operating room is comfortable and safe.
Yamada
Y
Y
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University.
Suzuki
Y
Y
Yanase
H
H
Fukuta
O
O
Kurosu
K
K
D001294:Attitude to Health; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D012659:Semantic Differential