Modeling tanning salon behavioral tendencies using appearance motivation, self-monitoring and the Theory of Planned Behavior

Health Education Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 405-414

  Hillhouse, Joel J ^b   Turrisi, Rob ^a   Kastner, Monica ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER PREVENTION; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF CONTROL; SELF MONITORING; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0033884108     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/15.4.405     Document Type: Article

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