An investigation of appearance motives for tanning: The development and evaluation of the Physical Appearance Reasons For Tanning Scale (PARTS) and its relation to sunbathing and indoor tanning intentions

Body Image

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-209

  Cafri, Guy ^a   Thompson, J Kevin ^a   Roehrig, Megan ^a   van den Berg, Patricia ^a   Jacobsen, Paul B ^a   Stark, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Scale development; Skin cancer; Tanning; UV exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746920010     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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