COPING STYLE, ANXIETY, COGNITIONS, AND COGNITIVE CONTROL IN DENTAL PHOBIA

In this study it was found that dental phobics with a high monitoring coping style (n = 12) indicated themselves as being less able to contr ol cognitions about an upcoming treatment than phobics with a low moni toring coping style (n = 12). In addition, high monitoring phobics nei ther reported higher levels of state anxiety in anticipation of treatm ent nor had more negative cognitions about the upcoming treatment. An additional finding was that, compared to low anxious patients, dental phobics exhibited higher monitoring scores, but only on the dentist si tuation of the Miller Behavioural Style Scale and not on the three oth er situations of this questionnaire.