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

Table 5 Rotated DBS factor matrix for girls (n = 403)

Item	Factor 1	Factor 2
1. Dentists don’t like requests	0.34	0.72*
2. Dentists don’t have enough time	0.29	0.79*
3. No clear explanations	0.20	0.62*
4. Dentists don’t really listen	0.56*	0.52
5. Do what they want, no matter what	0.57*	0.39
6. Make me feel guilty	0.58*	0.10
7. Not sure to believe what dentist says	0.62*	0.35
8. Say things to try and fool me	0.85*	0.25
9. Don’t take my worries seriously	0.81*	0.30
10. Dentists make light of my fears	0.59*	0.49
11. Worry if dentists are technically competent	0.34	0.20
12. Don’t think the dentist will stop if it hurts	0.29	0.24
13. Don’t feel I can stop for a rest	0.25	0.17
14. Don’t feel comfortable asking questions	−0.02	0.33
15. Hearing news keeps me avoiding treatment	0.34	0.12
Eigen value	8.3	1.2
% of explained variance	55.5	8.2
Cumulative %	55.5	63.7

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