Differential prediction of dental health behaviour by self‐esteem and health locus of control in young adolescents

Regis, David; Macgregor, I. D. M.; Balding, John

doi:10.1111/j.1600-051x.1994.tb00281.x

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“…Previous studies have shown a relationship between locus of control and oral health status, but the findings have been contradictory [11,13,14]. Similarly previous studies have shown a relationship between locus of control and oral health behaviors as well [15][16][17][18] but with equally contradictory results [19][20][21].…”

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confidence: 63%

Development and Validation of a Socio-Dental Impact Locus of Control (SILOC) Scale

Acharya¹

2014

J Psychol Psychother

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Purpose: To develop a Socio-Dental Impact Locus of Control Scale (SILOC) and to study its relationship with oral health status as well as dental attendance. Materials and methods:In the pilot study, 100 students returned completed forms containing the Multi Dimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) and the (SILOC) scale. In the main study, 509 adolescent school children from three schools returned completed forms containing the SILOC scale and were examined for oral health status and dental attendance. Results:The SILOC scores highly correlated with the MHLC scores. A Cronbach's alpha of 0.75 showed its internal consistency. Those with higher SILOC scores had greater levels of caries, plaque, gingivitis, and a history of postponing needed dental visits. Multiple logistic regression analysis after adjusting for potential confounders showed that those with high SILOC scores were more likely to be having caries (OR=3.32, p<0.001), plaque (OR=1.83, p=0.026), gingivitis (OR=1.80, p=0.012) and a history of 'Postponement of needed dental treatment' (OR=4.5, p<0.001) as compared to the others. Conclusion:The SILOC scale showed satisfactory reliability and validity in measuring Locus of Control orientation in relation to socio-dental impacts in an Indian adolescent population.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 63%

Development and Validation of a Socio-Dental Impact Locus of Control (SILOC) Scale

Acharya¹

2014

J Psychol Psychother

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“…There are relations between good oral health and an internal locus of control (Kent et al 1984), between a higher plaque index and external control (Wolfe et al 1991), and between greater pocket depth and a chance locus of control (Borkowska et al 1998). Locus of control appears to associate with tooth brushing behavior, but these results are not valid in all groups (Regis et al 1994, Macgregor et al 1997). There has been a shift from external to internal locus of control beliefs as a consequence of oral hygiene intervention , whereas Scruggs et al (1989) has not found any such change.…”

Section: Locus Of Controlmentioning

confidence: 79%

“…There have been reported relations between locus of control and tooth brushing behavior (Regis et al 1994, Macgregor et al 1997, oral health status (Kent et al 1984, Wolfe et al 1991, Borkowska et al 1998), diabetes selfcare (Peyrot & Rubin 1994) and metabolic control (Meize-Grochowski 1990, Reynaert et al 1995). On the other hand, O´Connor et al (1992) and Aalto et al (1997) failed to find any associations between locus of control and diabetes self-care and metabolic control.…”

Section: Locus Of Controlmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…There is a correlation between recalled advice about tooth brushing and lower self-esteem (Macgregor et al 1997). The results concerning dental visiting are contradictory: low self-esteem has found to associate with both visiting a dentist recently and more than a year ago (Regis et al 1994), and high self-esteem has correlated with more recent dental visits (Macgregor et al 1997). Self-esteem was not reported to associate with compliance with dental appointments by West et al (1993).…”

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confidence: 91%

“…It is shown that higher self-esteem associates with frequent tooth brushing, and especially with tooth brushing to make the teeth feel clean (Macgregor & Balding 1991, Regis et al 1994). There is a correlation between recalled advice about tooth brushing and lower self-esteem (Macgregor et al 1997).…”

Section: Self-esteemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Communication and Community

Shepherd¹,

Rothenbuhler²

2000

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Associations have been found between diabetes status and periodontal diseases and dental caries. In addition to biological explanations, psychological features can be proposed to affect the relations between oral health and IDDM (=insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus). The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychological features characterizing oral hygiene practices, dental visiting and diabetes self-care. The research population consisted of 149 IDDM patients, and cross-sectional data were collected by a quantitative questionnaire, in clinical examinations and from patient records.There was a positive correlation between the sum scores for dental self-efficacy and diabetes self-efficacy and, correspondingly, between the dental and diabetes locus of control beliefs. High self-esteem was found to associate with good adherence to some specific health behaviors, such as tooth brushing, exercising and insulin adjustment. When Weiner´s attribution theory was used, there were similarities in the causal thinking in oral and diabetes view. All in all, especially the perception of self-efficacy was found to be a powerful feature characterizing health behavior. There were overlapping relations showing an association of high dental self-efficacy with good diabetes adherence, of high diabetes self-efficacy with frequent dental visiting, and of good metabolic control with high tooth brushing self-efficacy, frequent tooth brushing and low plaque level. On the basis of these results, enhancement of self-efficacy appears important.These results suggest that there might, indeed, be some common psychological features for both oral health behavior and diabetes self-care. These could partly explain the relations between diabetes status and periodontal diseases and dental caries. The results can be utilized in patientcentered health education by identifying and enhancing the psychological features that characterize health behavior and health status. The results emphasize the need for co-operation between dental and diabetes health care professionals in their daily practice.

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A randomized controlled pilot trial of a Web-based resource to improve cancer knowledge in adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer

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Objective This study examined cancer knowledge in adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors and pilot tested a web-based resource to provide individually tailored information regarding cancer treatment history, late effects risk, and resources. Methods Fifty-two survivors (15–28 years old) who completed cancer treatment were recruited from the University of Minnesota oncology clinics. Participants were randomly assigned to receive access to personalized health history, late effects information, and resources via a password-protected web portal or to standard of care (physician counseling) only. Participants completed surveys measuring cancer knowledge, health locus of control, and psychosocial well-being prior to randomization and approximately 1 year later. Results Overall, few participants accurately reported their chemotherapy history with detail (19% at baseline and 33% at follow-up), and many did not recognize that previous cancer treatments could impact future health (60% at baseline and 54% at follow-up). Among those randomized to the receive access to the website, utilization was very low, making it difficult to draw conclusions about efficacy. Nonetheless, these data suggest that offering tailored information through the web was not more effective than standard of care at improving cancer knowledge. Anxiety and health beliefs were associated with cancer knowledge, including knowledge of steps survivors could take to mitigate late effects risks (p < 01). Conclusions Knowledge gaps exist among AYA survivors regarding important aspects of their treatment histories and ongoing health risks. Offering purely educational information (either in person by providers or via the web) does not appear to be enough to close this gap.

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Differential prediction of dental health behaviour by self‐esteem and health locus of control in young adolescents

Cited by 43 publications

References 14 publications

Development and Validation of a Socio-Dental Impact Locus of Control (SILOC) Scale

Development and Validation of a Socio-Dental Impact Locus of Control (SILOC) Scale

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A randomized controlled pilot trial of a Web-based resource to improve cancer knowledge in adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer

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