title: Structural comparison of a translated dental attitude questionnaire: a factor analytic study.
abstract: In 1984 the Dental Attitude Questionnaire (DAQ), an instrument for assessing various aspects of a person's attitude toward oral health care, was presented by STOCKWELL & BANTING. The DAQ consists of six content scales, Cynicism, Health Concern, Motivation, Oral Function, Social Aesthetic and Susceptibility, and two validity scales, Halo and Infrequency. A Dutch translation was presented in 1986 by HOOGSTRATEN & BROERS. In order to replicate the factor analysis on the original DAQ as reported by STOCKWELL & BANTING, the present study was undertaken. The results show a change in factor structure from a three factor solution to a two factor solution. A confirmatory factor analysis shows that the original three factor structure of the DAQ is not present in the data collected with the translated version. To account for this change, some possible reasons are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Methods, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Timmerman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoogstraten
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nauta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meijer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003729:Dental Care; D015987:Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008409:Mastication; D009042:Motivation; D009426:Netherlands; D009909:Oral Health; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires