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KMID : 1143520200080020022
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Journal of Korean Society of Oral Health Science
2020 Volume.8 No. 2 p.22 ~ p.30
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The effect of self-esteem and anxiety on dental fear of some university students
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Lee So-Hyeon
Kim Eun-Hye
Cheon Sae-Hee
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Abstract
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Objectives: This aim of this study was to examine the effect of self-esteem and anxiety on dental fear of some university students.
Methods: The study was carried out among 300 university students in Busan and Gyeongnam of Korea province, from September 1 to 15 October, 2019. Study subjects were selected using the non-probability sampling method. The survey was composed of 6 questions on the socio-demographic characteristics of the study subjects, 5 questions regarding oral health behaviors, 10 questions regarding self-esteem, and 10 questions regarding anxiety, and 20 questions regarding dental fear. IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0 was used for the statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics analysis, t-test and correlation analysis were conducted.
Results: There was a negative correlation between self-esteem and dental fear in some university students. In multivariate analysis, anxiety was significantly associated with dental fear (β=0.548, p＜0.001). However, self-esteem was not significantly associated with dental fear (β=0.054 p=0.569).
Conclusions: Therefore, this study showed that self-esteem and dental fear have negative effect on some university students. This study can be used as basic data to improve self-esteem and dental fear treatment in university students.
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KEYWORD
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Anxiety, Dental fear, Oral Health behaviors, Self-esteem, University students
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