The Sound of the Dentist's Drill and Students' Anxiety Scores.

L. E. Scofield; Herbert W. Helm

doi:10.2466/pr0.2001.88.3.812

The Sound of the Dentist's Drill and Students' Anxiety Scores.

L. E. Scofield
, Herbert W. Helm

School of Social & Behavioral Sciences

Andrews University

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Abstract

In a sample of 42 college students, a positive correlation of .51 with sound and .56 without sound was found between EMG scores and their total Dental Anxiety Scale scores for those who did and did not hear the drill.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	812
Journal	Psychological reports
Volume	88
Issue number	3 pt. 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2001.88.3.812
State	Published - Jun 2001

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Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Dentistry

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