Thinking about going to the dentist: A Contemplation Ladder to assess dentally-avoidant individuals' readiness to go to a dentist

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Coolidge, Trilby ^a   Skaret, Erik ^b   Heima, Masahiro ^c   Johnson, Elissa K ^f   Hillstead, M Blake ^a   Farjo, Nadia ^d   Asmyhr, Oyvind ^e   Weinstein, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^f Pope's Kids Place ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORWAY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251550122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-11-4     Document Type: Article

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