Journal
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages 34-46Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.25.1.34
Keywords
sun protection; skin cancer; intervention; appearance; photoaging
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [P30MH039246] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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An appearance-based sun-protection intervention program was developed, implemented, and evaluated in a sample of 211 Caucasian women (ages 18-25) randomly assigned to the sun-protection program or to a stress management (control) program. The sun-protection program incorporated a novel construct of image norms of aspirational peers (i.e., female media figures, fashion models) approving paleness. The authors targeted these image norms as well as the advantages of tanning, health beliefs about photoaging and skin cancer, and self-efficacy for sun protection. The intervention produced significant differences across conditions favoring sun protection on all constructs but severity of skin cancer and barriers to sun protection. At follow-up, treatment participants exceeded controls both in intention to sun protect and sun-protective behavior and reported lower intention to sunbathe and fewer hours of sunbathing. A mediational model of intervention outcomes revealed distinct mediators for sun protection versus sunbathing.
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