The relationship between self-reported oral health, self-regulation, proactive coping, procrastination and proactive attitude

Community Dental Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-173

  Dumitrescu, A L ^a   Dogaru, B C ^b   Dogaru, C D ^b   Manolescu, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Oral health; Oral health behaviours; Proactive attitude; Proactive coping; Procrastination; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; DEPRESSION; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTHBRUSHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959276437     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2554Dumitrescu04     Document Type: Article

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