Table 1.
Characteristics of excluded studies
| Reference | Paper Title | Participants | Study Design | Psychological Model | Reasons for exclusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reisine et al. (1994) [27] | A biopsychosocial model to predict caries in preschool children | Children & parents | Cross-sectional survey | None specified | Cross-sectional study |
| Astrøm & Rise (1996) [28] | Analysis of adolescents’ beliefs about the outcome of using dental floss and drinking non-sugared mineral water. | Adolescents | Cross-sectional survey | None specified | Cross-sectional study and participants were adolescents |
| Astrøm, Awadia & Bjorvatn (1999) [29] | Perceptions of susceptibility to oral health hazards: a study of women in different cultures. | Adults | Cross-sectional survey | None specified | Cross-sectional study |
| Roberts, Blinkhorn & Duxbury (2003) [30] | The power of children over adults when obtaining sweet snacks. | Children & parents | Cross-sectional survey | Theory of Reasoned Action | Cross-sectional study |
| Adair et al. (2004) [31] | Familial and cultural perceptions and beliefs of oral hygiene and dietary practices among ethnically and socio-economically diverse groups. | Children | Cross-sectional survey | Theory of Planned Behaviour, Health Belief Model andthe Health Locus of Control | Cross-sectional study and participants were children |
| Astrom (2004) [32] | Validity of Cognitive Predictors of Adolescent Sugar Snack Consumption. | Adolescents | Cross-sectional survey | Theory of planned behaviour | Cross-sectional study and participants were adolescents. |
| Astrøm AN, & Okullo I., (2004) [33] | Temporal stability of the theory of planned behavior: a prospective analysis of sugar consumption among Ugandan adolescents. | Adolescents | Cross-sectional survey | Theory of planned behaviour | Cross-sectional study |
| Skeie et al., (2006) [34] | Parental risk attitudes and caries-related behaviours among immigrant and western native children in Oslo. | Children & parents | Cross-sectional survey | Theory of planned behaviour, Sociallearning theory and the Health Belief Model. Health Locus of Control | Cross-sectional study |
| Astrøm & Kiwanuka (2006) [35] | Examining intention to control preschool children’s sugar snacking: a study of carers in Uganda. | Children | Cross-sectional survey | Theory of planned behaviour | Cross-sectional study and participants were children |
| Vanagas et al. (2009) [36] | Associations between parental skills and their attitudes toward importance to develop good oral hygiene skills in their children. | Adults | Cross-sectional survey | Theory of Planned Behaviour, Health Belief Model and the Health Locus of Control model, | Cross-sectional study |
| Tolvanen et al. (2009) [37] | Changes in children’s oral health-related behavior, knowledge and attitudes during a 3.4-yr. randomized clinical trial and oral health-promotion program. | Children | RCT | None specified | Participants were children and no Social Cognition Models identified |
| Harris et al. (2012) [24] | One-to-one dietary interventions undertaken in a dental setting to change dietary behaviour. | All ages | Systematic Review (S.R) | None specified | No Social Cognition Models identified |
| Weber-Gasparoni et al. (2013) [38] | An effective psychoeducational intervention for early childhood caries prevention: part 1 | Children & parents | RCT | Self-determination theory (SDT) | Participants were children |
| Weber-Gasparoni et al. (2013) [39] | An effective psychoeducational intervention for early childhood caries prevention: part 2 | Children & parents | RCT | Self-determination theory (SDT) | Participants were children |