title: Validity of the Children's Dental Fear Picture test (CDFP).
abstract: The validity of the Children's Dental Fear Picture test (CDFP) was investigated in 146 Swedish children aged 5-12 yr. The CDFP was compared with dental fear scores on Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS), selection criteria for testings (dentally fearful/not dentally fearful), and with level of general fear measured by the Short Form of Children's Fear Survey Schedule (CFSS-SF). Dental fear in the CDFP was closely related to high scores on CFSS-DS and CFSS-SF. The CDFP proved to be a valid instrument to diagnose dental fear in children with values of sensitivity up to 98.5%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Odontology, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Klingberg
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Löfqvist
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008347:Manifest Anxiety Scale; D011386:Projective Techniques; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity