Psychometric properties of the Revised Dental Beliefs Survey

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 289-297

  Coolidge, Trilby ^a   Heima, Masahiro ^a,b   Coldwell, Susan E ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a   Milgrom, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental anxiety; Dental Beliefs Survey; Dental fear; Dentist patient relationship; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DENTAL ANXIETY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 23944456923     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2005.00214.x     Document Type: Review

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