Gender differences in adolescents’ perceptions toward dentists using the Japanese version of the dental beliefs survey: a cross-sectional survey

Table 4 Rotated DBS factor matrix for all the adolescents (n = 957)

Item	Factor 1	Factor 2
1. Dentists don’t like requests	0.41*	0.12
2. Dentists don’t have enough time	0.25	0.23
3. No clear explanations	0.29	0.32
4. Dentists don’t really listen	0.55*	0.20
5. Do what they want, no matter what	0.53*	0.10
6. Make me feel guilty	0.36	0.34
7. Not sure to believe what dentist says	0.60*	0.36
8. Say things to try and fool me	0.75*	0.29
9. Don’t take my worries seriously	0.73*	0.28
10. Dentists make light of my fears	0.62*	0.41
11. Worry if dentists are technically competent	0.31	0.59*
12. Don’t think the dentist will stop if it hurts	0.41	0.77*
13. Don’t feel I can stop for a rest	0.29	0.81*
14. Don’t feel comfortable asking questions	−0.02	0.61*
15. Hearing news keeps me avoiding treatment	0.25	0.47*
Eigen value	8.8	1.0
% of explained variance	58.9	6.8
Cumulative %	58.9	65.8

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