出版社：Universidade Federal do Parana̧, Departamento de Psicologia
摘要：This study aimed to describe management strategies used by dentists and their possible effect in themodification of escape or avoidance behaviors of children undergoing dental treatment. Theparticipants included four children and one dentist. The procedure consisted of eight sessionsseparated in two experimental conditions. In the First Condition, the treatment followed regularprocedures but physical restraint were used. In the Second Condition, the dentist could decide whatmanagement strategy to use including physical restraint. All the sessions were recorded and observedin VT and sequentially analyzed. Results indicated that when children were exposed to dentaltreatment they presented an overall reduction of resistance and protest responses. However, whenallowed, dentists manage uncooperative responses with physical restraint, to maintain the routine ofdental procedures. Results suggest that dental treatment is an important situation to promote copingresponses of pediatric patients submitted to aversive stimuli. Then from an ethical point of view andthat of learning of new repertoires, this paper raises a discussion about the relevance of aversivecontrol in childhood dentistry.
