%A Agarwal, Pooja %A Gunjal, Shilpa %A Sharma, Abhishek %T Relationship between Dental Anxiety and Health Locus of Control among Physiotherapy Students %9 Article %D 2013 %J Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry %P 66-70 %V 11 %N 4 %U https://journals.lww.com/aphd/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=2319-5932;year=2013;volume=11;issue=4;spage=66;epage=70;aulast=Agarwal %8 October 1, 2013 %X Aim: To assess the relationship between dental anxiety and Health Locus of Control (HLC) among Physiotherapy students of Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara. Materials & Method: A total of 152 students participated in the study. Dental anxiety was assessed using the 5 item Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and Locus of Control was assessed using the 18 item Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) scale. Results: A Statistically significant positive correlation was found between the internal dimension of MHLC and dental anxiety. Conclusions: HLC was found to play an important role in predicting the dental anxiety among physiotherapy students. %0 Journal Article %I Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications %@ 2319-5932