TABLE 3.

Correlations between predictor variables and criterion variables.

PREDICTOR VARIABLE	DENTAL ANXIETY (PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENT)	FEAR OF DENTAL PAIN (PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENT)
Trait Anxiety	.32*	.23*
Anxiety Sensitivity	.29*	.36*
Melanocortin-1 Receptor Gene Variant Status	.27*	.23*
Red Hair Color	.18†	0.14
Sex (Male = 1)	−0.05	−0.11

^*P < .01.

^†P < .05.