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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 7(2) pp. 175-178, 1982
© 1982 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Training Children to Cope with Dental Treatment

Jacqueline Nocella and Robert M. Kaplan1

San Diego Stale University

1All correspondence should be addressed to Robert M. Kaplan, Psychology Clinic, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182.

Thirty children were randomly assigned to one of three groups prior to receiving dental treatment. One third of the children were assigned to a stress-inoculation group, one third to an attention control group, and one third to a no-treatment group. The stress-inoculation group received instruction in relaxation and in positive self-talk. Observations by an individual who was blind to treatment condition revealed that children in the stress-inoculation group exhibited fewer body movements and verbalizations during the dental procedure than children in the control groups, p << .05. The results are interpreted as consistent with several recent experiments showing that very brief psychological interventions can be useful for controlling undesirable reactions to medical and dental procedures.


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