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Appearance, Friends, and Feelings: A Two-Study Exploration of Young Women’s Emotional Associations and Indoor Tanning Frequency

verfasst von: Jessica Fitts Willoughby, Jessica Gall Myrick, Jiayu Li

Erschienen in: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine | Ausgabe 6/2021

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Abstract

Background

Knowledge of its potential cancer risk is often not enough to motivate individuals to avoid indoor tanning. Previous research has found that emotions toward indoor tanning and appearance motivations may prompt people to continue despite the risks.

Methods

We conducted two online surveys of US young adult women. Study one included a convenience sample of female undergraduates (N = 502) at a university in the northwestern USA. Study two included young women from a nationwide US online panel (N = 270).

Results

Results suggest that emotional associations, both positive and negative, with indoor tanning explain greater variances in indoor tanning behavior than demographics and previously established psychosocial predictors of tanning alone. Appearance motivations were also positively associated with indoor tanning in both samples.

Conclusions

This research has implications for health care providers and health communicators, as indoor tanning prevention messages and campaigns should consider the association between both positive and negative emotions on tanning behaviors as well as appearance motivations.

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Titel: Appearance, Friends, and Feelings: A Two-Study Exploration of Young Women’s Emotional Associations and Indoor Tanning Frequency
verfasst von: Jessica Fitts Willoughby
Jessica Gall Myrick
Jiayu Li
Publikationsdatum: 06.04.2021
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine / Ausgabe 6/2021
Print ISSN: 1070-5503
Elektronische ISSN: 1532-7558
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-021-09968-y

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Appearance, Friends, and Feelings: A Two-Study Exploration of Young Women’s Emotional Associations and Indoor Tanning Frequency

Abstract

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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