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Abstract Objective：To develop a scale which was able to reflect the dental coping index for children. Method：Combining some items in the dental coping strategy questionnaire， the present study collected items describing the dental coping style for children.By examining these items with schoolchild and adapting factor analysis， a dental coping index scale was compiled， which’s psychometric indexes were examined.Result：11 items were chose to constitute the dental coping index for children.There were moderate correlations among the item score to the scale score，with correlation coefficients distributed 0.38-0.61； there were significant differences between the high 27% score group and the low 27% score group；the dental coping index questionnaire for children consisted of three dimensions， which，s cumulative explanation of the variance 51.07%， with the Cronbach’s α 0.74， and 0.62-0.68 for the subscales.Conclusion：The Dental Coping index Questionnaire for children has satisfactory psychometric characteristics.It is suitable for practical usage.
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