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  • Parenting practices and children's dental caries experience: A structural equation modelling approach

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    Author(s)
    Kumar, S
    Tadakamadla, J
    Zimmer-Gembeck, MJ
    Kroon, J
    Lalloo, R
    Johnson, NW
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie
    Johnson, Newell W.
    Kroon, Jeroen
    Year published
    2017
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    Abstract
    Aim: To evaluate the direct and mediated associations between parenting practices and dental caries experience in Indian school children. Methods: The target population consisted of school children and their parents (N=1539) of Medak district in the state of Telangana, India. Parents completed a questionnaire that consisted of questions related to socioeconomic status (SES), family structure, the number of children, their own oral hygiene behaviour and parenting practices. Parenting practices were assessed using a translated version of the short form of Parent-Child Relationship Questionnaire (PCRQ) which was found to have ...
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    Aim: To evaluate the direct and mediated associations between parenting practices and dental caries experience in Indian school children. Methods: The target population consisted of school children and their parents (N=1539) of Medak district in the state of Telangana, India. Parents completed a questionnaire that consisted of questions related to socioeconomic status (SES), family structure, the number of children, their own oral hygiene behaviour and parenting practices. Parenting practices were assessed using a translated version of the short form of Parent-Child Relationship Questionnaire (PCRQ) which was found to have two factors, power assertion (ie over control and coercion) and positive parenting (warmth and positive parent-child interaction). Children completed a questionnaire on tooth brushing frequency, dental visiting and sugar consumption practices to evaluate their oral hygiene behaviour, and underwent a clinical examination for dental caries by a single examiner. Path analysis was used to explore the influence of parent-child relationship, SES and other family-level variables on dental caries experience of children. Results: Parents’ oral hygiene behaviour was positively (b=0.18, P=0.009), and power assertion negatively (b= 0.06, P=0.041) associated with children’s oral hygiene behaviours. Families reporting higher SES had children with less dental caries experience (b= 0.10, P=0.028) and better oral hygiene behaviour (b=0.13, P=0.009). Power assertion parenting had an indirect association with dental caries experience (b=0.003, P=0.038). Conclusions: Children had higher dental caries experience when they lived in families with lower SES and used more power assertion parenting practices.
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    Journal Title
    Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
    Volume
    45
    Issue
    6
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/cdoe.12321
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    © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Parenting practices and children's dental caries experience: A structural equation modelling approach, Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 2017, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/cdoe.12321. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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    Subject
    Dentistry
    Dentistry not elsewhere classified
    Health services and systems
    Public health
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/349059
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