The interplay of attention and self-monitoring with self-reporting oral health.

Objectives: We examined the effects of self-monitoring and focus of attention as predictors of self-reported oral health behaviors.

Material And Methods: In this study of212 first year dental students, attention was measured with The Focus of Attention Questionnaire (FAQ) and self-monitoring with Revised Self-Monitoring Scale (SMS-R). The questionnaire included also information about socio-demographic factors, self-reported oral health status and behaviors.

Investigating the use of specific cognitive emotion regulation strategies in response to the experience of gingival bleeding.

Unlabelled: The present study focuses on the extent to which undergraduates use specific cognitive emotion regulation strategies in response to the experience of the gingival bleeding.

Material And Methods: The present study sample consisted of 190 first year dental students. The questionnaire included information about socio-demographic factors, behavioral variables and self-reported oral health status.

Associations among sleep disturbance, vitality, fatigue and oral health.

Purpose: The objective of the present study was to explore the moderating effects of sleep disturbance, fatigue and vitality on self-reported oral-health status and oral-health related behaviours.

Measurements And Results: The present study sample consisted of 213 first-year dental students at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Carol Davila', Bucharest, Romania. The questionnaire included information about sociodemographic factors, behavioural variables and self-reported oral-health status.

Relationship of humour with oral health status and behaviours.

Unlabelled: A sense of humor and an ability to laugh reduces stress, enhances hope, relieves tension, and stimulates the immune system. This study explored the role of humour on oral health status and behaviors. The factor structure and the construct validity of the Romanian version of the Multidimensional Sense of Humour Scale (MSHS) was also assessed.

Evaluation of inter-relationship between behavioral inhibition, behavioral activation, avoidance, daily stressors and oral health.

Unlabelled: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the interrelationship between behavioral inhibition, behavioral activation, avoidance, oral health status and behaviour.

Material And Methods: The present study sample consisted of213 first year dental students. The questionnaire included information about socio-demographic factors, behavioral variables and self-reported oral health status.

Self-liking, self-competence, body investment and perfectionism: associations with oral health status and oral-health-related behaviours.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate whether self-liking, self-competence, body investment and perfectionism were associated with self-reported oral health status and oral-health-related behaviours.

Materials And Methods: The study sample consisted of 217 first-year dental students. The questionnaire included information about sociodemographic factors, behavioural variables, self-reported oral health status, self-liking, self-competence, body investment and perfectionism.

Social desirability, social intelligence and self-rated oral health status and behaviours.

Objectives: Our aim was to examine the impact of social intelligence and social desirability on students' self-rated oral health and oral health-related behaviors.

Method And Materials: The present study sample consisted of 217 first year dental students. The questionnaire included information about socio-demographic factors, behavioral factors, self-reported oral health status, social intelligence (Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale-TSIS) and social desirability (Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale short form C).