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. 2010 Jul-Aug;34(4):412-9.
doi: 10.5993/ajhb.34.4.3.

Predictors of summer sun safety practice intentions among rural high school students

Hyunyi Cho  1 , Laura P Sands, Kari M Wilson
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Predictors of summer sun safety practice intentions among rural high school students

Hyunyi Cho et al. Am J Health Behav. 2010 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the association between theoretically grounded psychosocial motivators and the sun safety practice intentions of rural youth.

Methods: A survey was given to 219 members of FFA (Future Farmers of America) at high schools in the rural Midwest (average age = 16).

Results: Perceived self-efficacy, peer norms, response efficacy, and susceptibility predicted protective clothing and sunscreen use intentions. Among boys, perceived norms among same-sex peers; but among girls, norms among both same- and opposite-sex peers, were significant.

Conclusions: Self-efficacy should be an important component of sun safety education for rural youth. Gender-specific peer norms should also be addressed.

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