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Oral behaviors in young adults: a multidimensional evaluation of the influence of personality, coping, and distress.
Yap, Adrian Ujin; Dewi, Ni Luh; Pragustine, Yenny; Marpaung, Carolina.
Affiliation
  • Yap AU; Department of Dentistry, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Faculty of Dentistry, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Dewi NL; National Dental Research Institute Singapore, National Dental Centre Singapore and Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore Health Services, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Pragustine Y; Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Trisakti, Jakarta, Indonesia.
  • Marpaung C; Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Trisakti, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Clin Oral Investig ; 27(9): 5083-5093, 2023 Sep.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37395863
OBJECTIVES: This study explored the relationship of oral parafunction to the psychological variables of personality, coping, and distress. Correlates of sleeping/waking-state oral activities with the different psychological factors were also examined, along with psychological predictors for high parafunction. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Young adults from a large private university were enrolled. The frequency of oral behaviors was appraised with the oral behavior checklist (OBC), and participants were stratified into low and high parafunction (LP/HP) groups following the DC/TMD. Personality traits, coping styles, and psychological distress were assessed with the Big Five Personality Inventory-10 (BFI-10), brief-COPE Inventory (BCI), and Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) correspondingly. Statistical evaluations were performed using the chi-square/Mann-Whitney U tests, Spearman's correlation, and logistic regression analyses (α = 0.05). RESULTS: Among the 507 participants (mean age 22.2 ± 1.5 years), 84.6% and 15.4% had low and high parafunction respectively. While personality profiles did not vary substantially, the HP group exhibited significantly greater emotion-focused/dysfunctional coping, general distress, depression, anxiety, and stress scores than the LP group. Associations between OBC and the various psychological variables were weak when significant or insignificant. Neuroticism and dysfunctional coping were moderately correlated to general distress, depression, anxiety, and stress (rs = 0.44-0.60/0.45-0.51). Multivariate analyses indicated that high parafunction was predicted by dysfunctional coping style (OR = 2.55) and anxiety (OR = 1.33). CONCLUSIONS: Dysfunctional coping was the main risk factor for high parafunction, increasing its odds by about 2.5 times. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Oral parafunction appears to be a dysfunctional coping response to psychological distress.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Stress, Psychological / Psychological Distress Type of study: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Humans Language: En Journal: Clin Oral Investig Journal subject: ODONTOLOGIA Year: 2023 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Country of publication:

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Stress, Psychological / Psychological Distress Type of study: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Humans Language: En Journal: Clin Oral Investig Journal subject: ODONTOLOGIA Year: 2023 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Country of publication: