Mean values and SDs for total sun protection behavior and motivational factors for sun protection, and correlations between the variables (all scales have a range from 0-4)
Mean | SD | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8a | 8b | 8c | |
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1 Total use of recommended sun protection | 1.48 | 0.79 | 0.20* | 0.16* | 0.18* | 0.32* | 0.16* | −0.37* | −0.56* | −0.47* | −0.40* | 0.52* |
2 Perceived vulnerability | 2.10 | 0.83 | 0.21* | 0.47* | 0.14* | 0.00 | −0.07* | −0.05* | −0.02 | −0.07* | 0.07* | |
3 Perceived severity | 3.22 | 0.61 | 0.34* | 0.26* | 0.10* | −0.08* | −0.08* | −0.06* | −0.11* | 0.06* | ||
4 Worry about developing a melanoma | 2.85 | 0.72 | 0.24* | 0.04† | 0.03† | −0.03† | −0.01 | −0.02 | 0.07* | |||
5 Benefits of protection behavior | 2.95 | 0.59 | 0.29* | −0.15* | −0.21* | −0.19* | −0.14* | 0.18* | ||||
6 Perceived self-efficacy to protect | 2.35 | 1.10 | −0.06* | −0.20* | −0.20* | −0.12* | 0.15* | |||||
7 Attitude toward suntans | 2.49 | 0.67 | 0.31* | 0.24* | 0.34* | −0.23* | ||||||
8 Barriers to sun protection | 1.80 | 0.55 | 0.93* | 0.62* | −0.83* | |||||||
a. Perceiving use of sun protection as inconvenient | 1.72 | 0.59 | 0.42* | −0.68* | ||||||||
b. Perceiving sun protection as problematic as it reduces the possibility to develop a suntan | 1.69 | 0.94 | −0.35* | |||||||||
c. Having sun protection as a part of one's daily routine | 2.01 | 0.62 |