Table 3 Family related factors and Children’s DFA
From: Children’s dental fear and anxiety: exploring family related factors
No fear (CFSS-DS <32) | Moderate fear (CFSS-DS 32-39) | Severe fear (CFSS-DS >39) | Total CFSS-DS score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | Mean (SD) | |||
Parental dental fear | ||||
CDAS scale of mother | ||||
Low anxiety | 109 (69.4) | 27 (17.2) | 21 (13.4) | 27.90 (10.02) |
Moderate anxiety | 90 (63.8) | 20 (14.2) | 31 (22.0) | 29.72 (11.98) |
High/sever anxiety | 35 (66.0) | 8 (15.1) | 10 (18.9) | 30.49 (10.62) |
P = 0.411 | P = 0.277 | |||
CDAS scale of father | ||||
Low anxiety | 128 (70.3) | 21 (11.5) | 33 (18.1) | 28.42 (11.75) |
Moderate anxiety | 78 (62.4) | 22 (17.6) | 25 (20.0) | 29.80 (10.63) |
High/sever anxiety | 13 (56.5) | 7 (30.4) | 3 (13.0) | 31.39 (11.10) |
P = 0.141 | P = 0.111 | |||
Parenting style | ||||
Mother dominant style | ||||
Authoritative | 167 (68.2) | 33 (13.5) | 45 (18.4) | 28.91 (10.75) |
Authoritarian | 58 (63.7) | 18 (19.8) | 15 (16.5) | 29.54 (11.64) |
Permissive | 16 (69.6) | 2 (8.7) | 5 (21.7) | 28.87 (13.23) |
P = 0.593 | P = 0.853 | |||
Father dominant style | ||||
Authoritative | 164 (66.9) | 39 (15.9) | 42 (17.1) | 28.56 (10.63) |
Authoritarian | 42 (64.6) | 10 (15.4) | 13 (20.0) | 30.52 (11.74) |
Permissive | 24 (70.6) | 4 (11.8) | 6 (17.6) | 29.54 (13.22) |
P = 0.952 | P = 0.531 | |||
Family characteristics | ||||
Family structure | ||||
Nuclear family | 212 (66.3) | 51 (15.9) | 57 (17.8) | 29.1 (11.1) |
Single-parent family | 23 (76.7) | 3 (10.0) | 4 (13.3) | 26.3 (9.6) |
p = 0.500 | p = 0.167 | |||
Having siblings | ||||
Yes | 158 (62.9) | 45 (17.9) | 48 (19.1) | 29.9 (11.1) |
No | 85 (75.9) | 10 (8.9) | 17 (15.2) | 27.4 (10.8) |
p = 0.034* | p = 0.025* | |||
First child | ||||
Yes | 141 (70.5) | 22 (11.0) | 37 (18.5) | 28.8 (11.4) |
No | 98 (62.8) | 31 (19.9) | 27 (17.3) | 29.4 (10.4) |
p = 0.065 | p = 0.280 | |||