An exploration of children's dental anxiety : triggers, coping and needs : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University

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An exploration of children's dental anxiety : triggers, coping and needs : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University

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Massey University

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Massey Research Online

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Visiting the dentist can induce feelings of intense anxiety in many people. Such people often seek to limit their anxiety by avoiding dental treatment. Avoidance can then lead to major dental problems that require invasive and possibility painful treatment and reinforcing the individual’s dental fear. Very few studies have been conducted into children’s experience of the dental visit in their own words. The aim of the present study was to do this by exploring three aspects of the dental exper...

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Research paper

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2010

Creator

Watson, Rosemary Jane

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/3413

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Dental anxiety / Fear of dentists / Anxiety in children / Anxiety

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