ArticleClinical and experimental dental research2021
Perceived social support and discrimination and oral health behaviors in adolescents.
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- Association of baseline negative life events and perceived social support with self-stigma in adolescents from Dongying, China.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Associations between self-efficacy, social support, racial discrimination, and adolescents oral health.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Perceived racial discrimination, resilience, and oral health behaviours of adolescents with immigrant backgrounds.PloS one · 2025Article
- Oral hygiene predicts lower life satisfaction and subjective health: experience of post-Soviet countries.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Assessment of oral health status and related factors in adolescents aged 12-15 years in the Gansu Province of China: a cross-sectional survey.BMC oral health · 2023Article
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- Immigrant Parents' Perceived Social Support and Their Children's Oral Health Behaviors and Caries Experience.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Perceived social support and discrimination and oral health behaviors in adolescents.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aims of this study were to examine the associations between perceived social support and oral health behaviors among adolescents and if this perception had a protective effect against the influence of perceived racial discrimination on oral health behaviors in this population. MATERIAL AND
methodsParticipants of this cross-sectional study were adolescents aged 12-18 years recruited from University dental clinic. They completed a questionnaire comprising three sections: demographics (14 items), oral health behaviors (6 items), and validated Personal Resource Questionnaire (25 items). Perceived discrimination was evaluated by a question asking if the adolescent had ever experienced discrimination based on their race.
resultsOf 252 participants, mean (SD) age of 14 (1.8) years, 60% were girls, 56% were self-identified as White, and 81% were born in Canada. Discrimination was reported by 21%. Frequency of toothbrushing and self-rated oral health were significantly associated with increased levels of perceived social support. Sugar consumption was significantly different for participants with and without perceived racial discrimination (p-value = 0.002). Perceived social support did not act as a buffer against perceived racial discrimination for sugar consumption (OR = 1.00; 95% CI: 0.98-1.01).
conclusionsAdolescents' perceived social support affected some aspects of their oral health but did not moderate the influence of perceived racial discrimination.
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