Effect of Perceived Control on Stress Reduction in Pedodontic Patients
NORMAN L. CORAH 1
1 Department of Behavioral Science, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
A signaling device was given to patients to reduce stress in the dental chair. Galvanic skin response during the dental procedures indicated a complex relationship. Patients with the signaling device showed less arousal under high stress conditions but somewhat higher arousal under low stress conditions when compared with a control group.
Submitted on October 12, 1972
