Preliminary Validation and Reliability of the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale
| Autor: | Hai Ming Wong, G. T. R. Lee, G. M. Humphris |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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0301 basic medicine Adolescent Personality Inventory Psychometrics Psychological intervention MEDLINE Dental fear 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine stomatognathic system Dental Anxiety Humans Medicine General anaesthesia Child General Psychology Reliability (statistics) business.industry Reproducibility of Results 030206 dentistry medicine.disease stomatognathic diseases 030104 developmental biology Scale (social sciences) Female business Anxiety scale Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychological Reports. 83:1179-1186 |
| ISSN: | 1558-691X 0033-2941 |
| Popis: | An 8-question Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale was developed to assess children's concerns about specific dental procedures. These dental situations include examination, scale and polish, injection, filling, extraction, and relative and general anaesthesia. A question about how the child felt generally when visiting the dentist was also included. Children ( n = 314) from two schools in Liverpool, ages 8 to 15 years, completed a questionnaire including the modified scale, Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale, the Dental Fear Survey Schedule for Children, and background questions (age, sex and previous dental experience). The internal consistency was favourable (α = .84) and test-retest reliability acceptable. This initial study suggests that the scale may be useful in trials to assess the benefits of interventions to assist children receive dental treatment. |
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