A Study on High School Students’ Self-Concept Clarity, Stress and Interpersonal Relationships Affect Subjective Oral Health

Abstract

The present study was conducted in order to provide basic data that increases preventive oral health management behaviors by researching and analyzing the effect of high school students' self-identity, stress and interpersonal relationships on subjective oral health, and, consequently, the results are as follows. First, oral health appeared better when the self-identity of students was higher. Second, the degree of practicing oral health was higher when interpersonal relationships were better. Third, food intake habits related to oral health were better when stress was lowers and smoking behaviors were better. Fourth, subjective oral health was higher when students had good interpersonal relationships and did not smoke. The results of the present study may help the development of data and programs concerned with factors influencing the subjective oral health of high school students, but is considered too limited to be generalized.