HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL AND DENTAL ANXIETY AS PREDICTOR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL
WELL-BEING AMONG DENTAL PATIENTS.
Tope Dada (DADA TEMITOPE JOSEPH)
Co-Founder, Hope Alive Foundation
E-mail: thetopedada@gmail.com
HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL AND DENTAL ANXIETY AS PREDICTOR OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AMONG DENTAL PATIENTS IN UCH IBADAN.
BY
DADA TEMITOPE JOSEPH
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the role played by health locus of control
and dental anxiety as predictor of psychological well being among dental
patients in UCH Ibadan.
The study is an expost-facto research which utilizes the
descriptive survey method to gather data.178 One hundred and seventy eight
dental patients were located at the dentistry UCH Ibadan.Th respondents were
sampled from the dental patients at the dentistry UCH Ibadan,using the
convenient sampling technique.Self-administered structured questionnaires
containing standardized scale were utilized for collecting data.
Data was analysed using T-test.Four hypotheses were tested and the
result