title: Dental fear and locus of control: a pilot study.
abstract: In a pilot study among 25 Norwegian elementary schoolchildren age 13 the external part of a Health Locus of Control (HLC) inventory, when scored in internal direction, showed remarkably high positive correlations with clinical anxiety (r = 0.81) and scores on Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale (CDAS) (r = 0.77). The high correlation between the E-part of the HLC scale and CDAS was upheld when HLC was given to 19 children 20 months later. All other correlations in the pilot study were moderate to absent.
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Neverlien
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003729:Dental Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D010865:Pilot Projects