The Roles of Patients’ Authenticity and Accepting External Influence, and Clinicians’ Treatment Styles in Predicting Patients’ Dental Anxiety and Avoidance of Dental Appointments

The Roles of Patients’ Authenticity and Accepting External Influence, and Clinicians’ Treatment Styles in Predicting Patients’ Dental Anxiety and Avoidance of Dental Appointments

A substantial proportion of adults suffer from high dental anxiety, which is related to poor oral health and functioning. Using authenticity theory and self-determination theory, we applied a model testing two moderated mediation hypotheses: (i) the negative indirect association between authenticity...

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Main Authors: Anne Elisabeth Münster Halvari, Hallgeir Halvari, Edward L. Deci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen 2020-03-01
Series:Europe's Journal of Psychology
Subjects:
authentic living
accepting external influence
autonomy support
controlling treatment style
dental anxiety
avoiding dental appointments
Online Access:https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/1664

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