A comparison of psychosocial factors related to dental anxiety among Turkish and finnish pre-adolescents

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-179

  Cinar, Ayse Basak ^a   Murtomaa, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Culture; Dental anxiety; Maternal influence; Pre adolescents; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH BRUSHING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TURKEY;

EID: 38449095921     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a12527     Document Type: Article

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