Abstract
At the dental clinic of the Department of Pedodontics, School of Dentistry, Tokushima University, the relationship between the behavioral reactions of children and their personality factors were evaluated in 32 three-to-seven-year old children. The personality factors were evaluated with the “Young Children's Social Development Test”, “Matching Test” and “Children's Concepts of Dental Clinic, Operations, and Illness”. The results are summarized as follows:
1. The children who showed a cooperative behavior in the dental chair also showed a higher degree of social development in the field of “ Exercise·Safety ” and “ Behavior in the Masses ” than the children who showed an uncooperative behavior in the dental chair.
2. Reflection-impulsivity tested with the “ Matching Test ” did not correlate to the adaptability to dental treatment.
3. The consciousness of the children toward dental health did not correlate to the adaptability to dental treatment but the ability to tolerate did.
