Attitudes toward health risks and sunbathing behavior.
J Psychol
; 130(6): 669-77, 1996 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-9005254
ABSTRACT
Sunbathing confers the benefits of looking and feeling good but presents the long-term risk of skin cancer. In a disguised experiment exploring attitudes toward sunbathing by British adults, participants were asked to rate their willingness to take a hypothetical new drug (with different levels of risk) that would make them look and feel good. One aspect of the resulting risk profiles was significantly related to a positive attitude to open-air sunbathing but not to sunbed use, possibly because it was erroneously thought that using a sunbed is not risky. The well-established finding that women are more cautious was confirmed; the risk function for men was curvilinear, in contrast to women, who were willing to increase their risk linearly over their lifetime.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Assunção de Riscos
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Neoplasias Cutâneas
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Helioterapia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article