Is perfectionism associated to dental anxiety?

Introduction Personality traits like neuroticism and trait-anxiety, as well as the predisposition to a greater sensitivity to pain, are risk factors for dental anxiety. Although perfectionism has been associated with both anxiety and pain, particularly when mediated by repetitive negative thinking...

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Main Authors: A.T. Pereira, C. Cabaços, A. Araujo, M.J. Soares, A. Macedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2021-04-01
Series:European Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821004910/type/journal_article