Dutch primary schoolchildren's attitudes toward their dental appearance

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 439-442

  Bos, Annemieke ^b   Hoogstraten, Johan ^a   Prahl Andersen, Birte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attitude; Children; Dental appearance; Orthodontics

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 58149197134     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Bos A, Hoogstraten J, Prahl-Andersen B. Attitudes toward orthodontic treatment: A comparison of treated and untreated subjects. Eur J Orthod 2005;27:148-54.
2. Johnson PD, Cohen DA, Aiosa L, McGorray S, Wheeler T. Attitudes and compliance of preadolescent children during early treatment of Class II malocclusion. Clin Orthod Res 1998;1:20-8.
3. Stenvik A, Espeland L, Linge BO, Linge L. Lay attitudes to dental appearance and need for orthodontic treatment. Eur J Orthod 1997;19:271-7.
4. Albino JEN. Factors influencing adolescent cooperation in orthodontic treatment. Semin Orthod 2000;6:214-23.
5. Fox RN, Albino JE, Green LJ, Farr SD, Tedesco LA. Development and validation of a measure of attitudes toward malocclusion. J Dent Res 1982;61:1039-43.
6. Edwards AL. Techniques of Attitude Scale Construction. New York, NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc; 1957.
7. VerheyJGC, Hoogstraten J. Severeness of toothache and other symptoms as a function of frequency of occurrence and intensity. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1986;14:142-5.
8. Assink MHJ, Verhey JGC, Hoogstraten J, Goedhart H. Perception of dental and other individual problems: Adolescents versus young adults. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1995;23:369-73.
9. Wijk van AJ, Hoogstraten J. Paired comparisons of sensory pain adjectives. Eur J Pain 2004;8:293-7.
10. Ajzen I, Fishbein M. Understanding Attitudes and Predicting Social Behavior. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc; 1980:1-278.
11. Bos A, Hoogstraten J, Prahl-Andersen. The theory of reasoned action and patient compliance in orthodontics. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2005;33:419-26.
12. Shaw WC. The influence of children's dentofacial appearance on their social attractiveness as judged by peers and lay adults. Am J Orthod 1981;79:399-415.
13. Ross RT. Optimum orders for the presentation of pairs in the method of paired comparisons. J Educ Psychol 1934;25:375-82.
14. Siegel S, Castellan NJ. Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. Singapore: McGraw-Hill, Inc.; 1988.
15. Bos A, Hoogstraten J, Prahl-Andersen B. A comparison of dental health care attitudes in the Netherlands in 1985, 1995, and 2001. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2003;31:207-12.
16. Sheats RD, Gilbert GH, Wheeler TT, King GJ. Pilot study comparing parents' and third-grade schoolchildren's attitudes toward braces and perceived need for braces. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1995;23:36-43.