Associations of parenting stress with coping strategies, dental fear, and behaviour during dental treatment in school-aged children: a cross-sectional study
Baranya Shrikrishna Suprabha, Harshitha Sharma, Ramya Shenoy, Arathi Rao, Kunnumal Thekkeveetil Shwetha, Raghbir Kaur · 2025
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Baranya Suprabha and colleagues examine whether stressed parents have children who cope worse, fear more, and behave worse during dental treatment. Parenting stress is known to affect children's coping strategies and behavior in non-dental settings. The cross-sectional study enrolled one hundred sixty-eight children aged eight to twelve who required dental treatment under local anaesthesia.
Parents completed a stress scale; children completed coping and fear questionnaires; behavior was rated on Frankl's scale. Contrary to expectation, no significant correlation emerged between parenting stress scores and children's use of destructive, external, or internal coping strategies. Parenting stress scores also did not differ significantly by children's clinical dental fear status. The null results caution dentists against assuming a stressed parent means a difficult child.
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| CREATOR | Baranya Shrikrishna Suprabha, Harshitha Sharma, Ramya Shenoy, Arathi Rao, Kunnumal Thekkeveetil Shwetha, Raghbir Kaur |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |