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| Title |
Social Cognitive Correlates of Young Adult Sport Competitors’ Sunscreen Use
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| Published in |
Health Education & Behavior, November 2010
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| DOI | 10.1177/1090198110367996 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nadine C. Berndt, David L. O'Riordan, Elisabeth Winkler, Liane McDermott, Kym Spathonis, Neville Owen |
| Abstract |
Young adults participating in outdoor sports represent a high-risk group for excessive sun exposure. The purpose of this study was to identify modifiable social cognitive correlates of sunscreen use among young adult competitors. Participants aged 18 to 30 years who competed in soccer (n = 65), surf-lifesaving (n = 63), hockey (n = 61), and tennis (n = 48) completed a sun habits survey. Almost half (n = 113) of the participants used sunscreen inadequately and 30% (n = 70) reported not using sunscreen. In fully adjusted models, social cognitive attributes significantly (p < .05) associated with inadequate sunscreen use (vs. nonuse) included skin cancer risk perceptions (OR = 0.6, 95% CI = 0.3, 1.0), perceived barriers to sunscreen use (OR = 0.5, 95% CI = 0.3, 0.9), and stronger personal norms for applying sunscreen (OR = 1.8, 95% CI = 1.0, 3.2). These findings provide insight into the attributes that enable or inhibit the use of sunscreen among young competitors and as a result may be useful in informing behavior change interventions within the sporting context. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1% |
| Ireland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 86 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 11% |
| Researcher | 6 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 17% |
| Unknown | 26 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 22% |
| Sports and Recreations | 10 | 11% |
| Psychology | 10 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 9% |
| Unknown | 30 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 December 2014.
All research outputs
#7,180,770
of 22,696,971 outputs
Outputs from Health Education & Behavior
#612
of 1,363 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#35,146
of 100,632 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health Education & Behavior
#2
of 7 outputs
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