Year: 1980
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The present study attempted to assess the effects of reattri bution of arousal in the natural settings of three dental offices.Adult dental patients received an injection of a local anesthetic during regular treatment and were assigned to one of three verbal information conditions: 1) Drug-informed 2) Normality or 3) Control.The subjects of the Drug-informed condition were informed that the injection typically produces physiological arousal symptoms.The Normality patients were informed as to the typical symptoms felt in the dental situation with no causal factor named.Control groups received no experimental information Patients' subsequent self-reports of level of arousal and causal attributions for the arousal were examined.Results revealed that as predicted, Drug-informed subjects reattributed part of their arousal to the drug and reduced their attributions of arousal to fear.Normality subjects did not reattribute their arousal but did reduce the perceived arousal level.Both experimental manip ulations were discussed as useful innovations for current dental practices.
Source: The Mathematics Enthusiast
Author: Nancy K. Steblay
Language: English
Subfield: Oral Surgery
Field: Dentistry
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W795779702