Psychosocial aspects of dental and general fears in dental phobic patients

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-43

  Abrahamsson, Kajsa Henning ^a   Berggren, Ulf ^b   Carlsson, Sven G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dental anxiety; Phobia; Psychological distress; Psychosocial consequences

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANGER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034136304     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163500429415     Document Type: Article

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