Psychologic correlates of dental anxiety.
In an attempt to establish the relationships between dental anxiety and personality traits, such as neuroticism and locus of control, a survey has been carried out among 30-40-yr-olds in a Dutch town. In the first instance, the questionnaires comprising the psychologic items were treated by Non-Metric Principal Components analysis to detect the underlying structure. The principal components found were then used in a second-stage analysis. The results appear to be at variance with the literature, i.e. subgroups discernible in the sample by sets of psychologic features were not associated with dental anxiety categories.
Schuurs
A H
AH
Duivenvoorden
H J
HJ
Thoden van Velzen
S K
SK
Verhage
F
F
Makkes
P C
PC
Eijkman
M A
MA
D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003729:Dental Care / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009770:Obsessive Behavior; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011897:Random Allocation; D012649:Self Concept