author = {Agarwal, Pooja. and Gunjal, Shilpa. and Sharma, Abhishek.}, title = {{Relationship between Dental Anxiety and Health Locus of Control among Physiotherapy Students }}, journal ={Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry}, volume ={11}, number ={4}, pages = {66-70}, year = {2013}, abstract ={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.}, URL ={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;t=6}, eprint ={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;t=6} }