Oral health-related self-efficacy beliefs and toothbrushing: Finnish and Turkish pre-adolescents' and their mothers' responses

TY - JOUR

T1 - Oral health-related self-efficacy beliefs and toothbrushing: Finnish and Turkish pre-adolescents' and their mothers' responses

AU - Cinar, Ayse Basak

AU - Tseveenjav, Battsetseg

AU - Murtomaa, Heikki

PY - 2009/1

Y1 - 2009/1

N2 - The aim of this study was to investigate the association between cognitive and behavioural factors of preadolescents and those of their mothers, assessed in terms of self-efficacy beliefs and toothbrushing among Turkish and Finnish population in the framework of Social Cognitive Theory. The specific objective was to test if this possible association worked regardless of cultural differences.

AB - The aim of this study was to investigate the association between cognitive and behavioural factors of preadolescents and those of their mothers, assessed in terms of self-efficacy beliefs and toothbrushing among Turkish and Finnish population in the framework of Social Cognitive Theory. The specific objective was to test if this possible association worked regardless of cultural differences.

KW - Attitude to Health

KW - Child

KW - Child Behavior

KW - Cognition

KW - Cross-Sectional Studies

KW - Female

KW - Finland

KW - Health Behavior

KW - Humans

KW - Maternal Behavior

KW - Mother-Child Relations

KW - Oral Health

KW - Self Efficacy

KW - Toothbrushing

KW - Turkey

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 19583043

SN - 1602-1622

VL - 7

SP - 173

EP - 181

JO - Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

JF - Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

IS - 2

ER -