TABLE 1.

Bivariate correlations between scores for traumatic dental events, patient's subjective cognitions, and dental anxiety

	1	2	3	4	5	Mean	SD
1. Traumatic dental events	1					2.3	2.7
2. Professionalism	0.41	1				22.8	9.3
3. Communication	0.38	0.79	1			16.5	7.9
4. Lack of control	0.43	0.74	0.84	1		15.5	7.5
5. Dental anxiety	0.32	0.30	0.33	0.40	1	14.4	5.7

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.