The relationship between dental anxiety and other kinds of anxiety: a naturalistic, cross-sectional and comparative study

Table 3 Correlation matrix between personality, resources and anxiety assessment instruments for the whole sample (N = 156)

	LS-S	GSW-6	SubA	SANB-5	STAI state	IDAF-4c
	r^p	r^p	r^p	r^p	r^p	r^p
Loneliness (LS-S)	–
Self-efficacy (GSW-6)	− 0.21*	–
Anxiety traits in personality (Sub A)	0.40***	− 0.54***	–
Fear of negative evaluation by others (SANB-5)	0.51***	− 0.42***	0.62***	–
Current anxiety (STAI state)	0.37***	− 0.40***	0.30***	0.47***	–
Dental anxiety and fear (IDAF-4c+)	0.22**	− 0.29**	0.38***	0.38***	0.53***	–
BFI-Extraversion	− 0.19*	0.33***	− 0.30**	n.s	n.s	n.s
BFI-Agreeableness	n.s	n.s	n.s	n.s	n.s	n.s
BFI-Conscientiousness	− 0.17*	0.37***	− 0.41***	n.s	n.s	n.s
BFI-Neuroticism	0.28**	− 0.32**	0.30***	0.34***	0.29***	n.s
BFI-Openness	0.17*	0.20*	n.s	n.s	n.s	n.s

LS-S = Loneliness Scale-short version; GSW-6 = Generalisierte Selbstwirksamkeit (generalized self-efficacy); SubA = Skala Subklinische Angst (subclinical anxiety scale); SANB-5 = Skala Angst vor negative Bewertung (short version of Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale); STAI = State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory, state subscale; IDAF-4c = Index of Dental Anxiety and Fear-four dimensions; BFI = Big-Five Inventory, 10 items; * < 0.05; ** < 0.01; *** < 0.001

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