Table 4.

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
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

↵*P < 0.001.
↵^†P < 0.01.