Mehrotra Pankhuri, Singh Neerja, Govil Somya, Pandey Rahul, Mehrotra Divya
Babu Banarasi Das College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Babu Banarasi Das College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, India.
J Oral Biol Craniofac Res. 2019 Oct-Dec;9(4):363-366. doi: 10.1016/j.jobcr.2019.09.006. Epub 2019 Oct 4.
Dental fear among adolescents may be associated with parenting style, however, there is little research of its effect in the Indian population. Hence, this study was planned to explore the association between dental fear and parental authority and to analyze the most common parenting style practiced in India.
43 participants in the age group of 12-18 years were enrolled in the study after their parents informed consent. Data regarding: demographic details, number of visits to dental clinic, Modified version of Child Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale, and Parental Authority Questionnaire scores were collected and analyzed.
Dental fear score was most in males who had visited the dental clinic less than 5 times (53.4 ± 11.04). The dental fear reduced significantly with increase in number of visits in dental clinic. The dental fear was significantly more in 12-15 years of age group than in 16-18 years age group.There was a direct co relation of dental fear with authoritarian parents and inversely related with authoritative and permissive parenting. Parenting style showed that most of the mothers were authoritarian (39.53%), authoritative (32.56%) and the least were permissive (23.26%) types. Similarly, fathers were authoritarian (36.58%), Authoritative (26.82%) and Permissive (17.07%).
Authoritarian parenting style is the most prevalent parenting style witnessed amongst both mothers and fathers in the Indian culture. High dental fear in children is directly associated with authoritarian parents while inversely with authoritative and permissive parenting style. The study recommends permissive parenting style for mothers and authoritative for fathers to reduce dental fear among their children.
青少年的牙科恐惧可能与养育方式有关，然而，在印度人群中关于其影响的研究很少。因此，本研究旨在探讨牙科恐惧与父母权威之间的关联，并分析印度最常见的养育方式。
在获得父母知情同意后，招募了43名年龄在12 - 18岁的参与者。收集并分析了以下数据：人口统计学细节、去牙科诊所就诊的次数、儿童恐惧调查量表 - 牙科分量表的修订版以及父母权威问卷得分。
去过牙科诊所少于5次的男性牙科恐惧得分最高（53.4 ± 11.04）。随着去牙科诊所就诊次数的增加，牙科恐惧显著降低。12 - 15岁年龄组的牙科恐惧明显高于16 - 18岁年龄组。牙科恐惧与专制型父母直接相关，与权威型和放任型养育方式呈负相关。养育方式显示，大多数母亲是专制型（39.53%）、权威型（32.56%），最少的是放任型（23.26%）。同样，父亲是专制型（36.58%）、权威型（26.82%）和放任型（17.07%）。
在印度文化中，专制型养育方式是在母亲和父亲中最普遍的养育方式。儿童的高度牙科恐惧与专制型父母直接相关，而与权威型和放任型养育方式呈负相关。该研究建议母亲采用放任型养育方式，父亲采用权威型养育方式以减少孩子的牙科恐惧。
