Motivation and anxiety for dental treatment and dental attendance: The roles of the locus of causality personality and treatment styles

The purpose of the present study was to test a self‐determination theory model with the following hypotheses: (1) Patients’ autonomous causality personality orientation and oral health care professionals’ autonomy‐supportive treatment styles, as perceived by patients, would both be positively indire...

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Published in:Journal of applied social psychology 2020-03, Vol.50 (3), p.133-144
Main Authors: Halvari, Anne Elisabeth Münster, Halvari, Hallgeir, Deci, Edward L., Williams, Geoffrey C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Attendance
Autonomy
Causality
Health services
Hypotheses
Motivation
Oral hygiene
Patients
Personality
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Summary:The purpose of the present study was to test a self‐determination theory model with the following hypotheses: (1) Patients’ autonomous causality personality orientation and oral health care professionals’ autonomy‐supportive treatment styles, as perceived by patients, would both be positively indirectly associated with dental attendance through patients’ autonomous motivation for dental treatment. (2) Patients’ controlled causality personality orientation and oral health care professionals’ controlling treatment styles, as perceived by patients, would both be positively indirectly associated with avoidance of making a dental clinic appointment through patients’ anxiety for dental treatment. A sample size of about 200 patients was estimated to be acceptable in detecting moderate effect sizes (independent variables: 5–6; power: .80; p 
ISSN:0021-9029
1559-1816
DOI:10.1111/jasp.12645