[Behavior of mothers during dental treatment for their handicapped children. 1. Relationship between the mothers' behavior and the image to dental environment and self-consciousness].

The purpose of this study was to find out factors by which mothers of handicapped children chose whether to be with their children while receiving dental treatment or not. The questionnaires from mothers of 42 handicapped children were examined. Factors on the part of the mothers such as their views on the dental environment, their egogram, and the reasons of the mothers' behavior were surveyed. The results of this study were summarised as follows: 1. Both the group of the mothers with their children in the operating room and the group of the mothers not with their children had views of slightly good for a dentist, her child, and a dental operating room. These views were examined by the Semantic Differential Method. 2. Both types of mothers had views of slightly bad for dental treatment. 3. The group of mothers not with their children tended to have a good view of her child and a dental operating room, when compared with the group of mothers with their children. 4. From the analyses of the egogram of the Tokyo university' test, an AC (Adapted Child) was drawed as the factor, in relation to mothers' behavior. 5. The reasons why the mothers chose to be with their children were as follows: the children would have no anxiety, the mothers were apprehensive for their children, the children were not able to speak, and so forth. 6. The reasons why the mothers chose to stay in waiting room were as follows: there will be no reliance on the mothers and child will not be become spoiled, and they should do everything by themselves, children can manage to be treated alone, and so forth.