Development and psychometric evaluation of the index of dental anxiety and fear (IDAF-4C+)

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-287

  Armfield, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Dental fear; Dental visiting; Phobia; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DENTAL ANXIETY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; HUMAN; INDEX OF DENTAL ANXIETY AND FEAR; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MEASUREMENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHOBIA; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; DENTAL ANXIETY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77953945790     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018678     Document Type: Article

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