O'Grady Alice, Gray-Burrows Kara, Tahmassebi Jinous
School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Leeds School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Arts Health. 2022 Jun;14(2):149-164. doi: 10.1080/17533015.2021.1894465. Epub 2021 Mar 2.
Dental anxiety in children is a major health concern. Process drama adopts distancing techniques that allow children to examine the possible causes of dental anxiety safely and with authority. Using this method to inform paediatric dentistry is novel and could be adopted in other fields where children experience health-related anxiety.
A 90-minute process drama workshop was conducted in three primary schools in Batley,West Yorkshire. Sixty-three children participated in the study. Sessions were audio-recorded, transcribed and thematic analysis conducted.
Four key concepts emerged: 1) Fear of the unknown; 2) Unpleasant sensory experience; 3) Society's perception and portrayal of the dentist and 4) Learnt negative associations with the dentist.
Process drama offers a novel approach to develop an understanding of dental anxiety in children. It elicits critical insights from a child's perspective and offers a participatory model for engaging children in health research on sensitive issues.
儿童的牙科焦虑是一个主要的健康问题。过程戏剧采用疏离技巧，使儿童能够安全且权威地审视牙科焦虑的可能成因。将此方法应用于儿童牙科领域尚属新颖，并且可在儿童经历与健康相关焦虑的其他领域采用。
在西约克郡巴特利的三所小学开展了一场90分钟的过程戏剧工作坊。63名儿童参与了该研究。课程进行了录音、转录并开展了主题分析。
出现了四个关键概念：1）对未知的恐惧；2）不愉快的感官体验；3）社会对牙医的认知和描绘；4）习得的与牙医的负面联想。
过程戏剧为深入理解儿童牙科焦虑提供了一种新颖的方法。它从儿童的视角引出了批判性见解，并为让儿童参与敏感问题的健康研究提供了一个参与式模型。
