Reliability and validity of measures used in assessing dental anxiety in 5- to 15-year-old Croatian children

European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 197-202

  Majstorovic, M ^a   Veerkamp, J S J ^a   Skrinjaric, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Dental anxiety; Reliability; Risk factors; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROATIA; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROATIA; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 16644399311     PISSN: 1591996X     EISSN: 2035648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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