Relationships among psychological functioning, dental anxiety, pain perception, and coping in children and adolescents

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-251

  Marsac, Meghan L ^a   Funk, Jeanne B ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Dental anxiety; Pain perception

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DENTAL ANXIETY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 56849099953     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: 19355068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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