Journal of dental hygiene science (치위생과학회지)

The Korean Society of Dental Hygiene Science (한국치위생과학회)
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The Relationship between Temperament and Dental Fear

개인기질과 치과치료와 관련된 공포감간의 관련성

  • Cha, Jeong-Dan (Oral Cancer Research Institute, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Ji-Young (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Ulsan College)
  • 차정단 (연세대학교 치과대학 구강종양연구소) ;
  • 김지영 (울산과학대학 치위생과)
  • Received : 2009.11.19
  • Accepted : 2009.12.16
  • Published : 2009.12.31
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Abstract

This study lays its purpose on finding general trends in dental fear among adolescences at 15~17 years of age, differences in levels of dental fear according to temperament, and their causal relationships. The researcher made use of a questionnaire including tools questionnaire of survey - DFS, EAS - and then analyzed covariate structure modeling by using LISREL 8.12 after conducting univariate analysis by employing SPSS. Cronbach's reliability coefficients showed higher in DFS(0.957), EAS(0.916), and GFS (0.910), and females rather than males showed higher levels of dental fear, and of types of traits, trait III showed lower levels of dental fear than the others, and also the less perceived dental health status and the more recent experience in pain when treating dental disease and also the more broken dental appointments, the higher levels of dental fear showed with statistical significance. In addition, there showed a positive correlation between fear of dental treatment, a distrust of dentists, and a general feeling of fear.

본 연구에서는 울산시내 일부 고등학생들을 대상으로 청소년들이 갖는 치과치료와 관련된 공포감과 개개인이 가지고 있는 기질간의 인과관계를 밝히기 위하여 4개 고등학교 남 학생들을 대상으로 DFS와 EAS의 정도를 측정하여, 최종 1,841명의 자료를 수집한 후 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. DFS(0.957), EAS(0.630)의 Cronbach 신뢰도 계수가 모두 0.6이상으로 양호하게 나타나 설문도구의 유용성을 확인하였다. 2. 치과치료에 대한 공포감은 여자가 남자보다 높았고, 개인기질 유형 중 기질 III(양가적인 정서조절 군)이 다른 유형에 비해 치과치료에 대한 공포감이 낮았다.

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