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ERIC Number: EJ790628
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 8
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
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Indoor Tanning and Problem Behavior
Bagdasarov, Zhanna; Banerjee, Smita; Greene, Kathryn; Campo, Shelly
Journal of American College Health, v56 n5 p555-562 Mar-Apr 2008
Objective: The authors examined factors predicting college students' use of tanning beds. Participants and Methods: Undergraduate students (N = 745) at a large Northeastern university participated in the study by answering a survey measuring tanning behavior and other psychosocial variables, including sensation seeking, self-esteem, tanning image beliefs, and friends' tanning bed use. Results: All 3 systems from problem behavior theory predicted past tanning bed use and intention to use tanning beds. The authors observed a positive association between sensation seeking and intention to use tanning beds. Tanning image beliefs were positively associated with both past tanning behavior and intention to use tanning beds. Conclusions: Interventions focusing on friend and acquaintance social network influences may be more effective than health-risk campaigns in reducing tanning bed use. (Contains 3 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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