'My friends love to tan': Examining sensation seeking and the mediating role of association with friends who use tanning beds on tanning bed use intentions

Health Education Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 989-998

  Banerjee, Smita C ^a   Greene, Kathryn ^b   Bagdasarov, Zhanna ^b   Campo, Shelly ^c  

^a Communication and Health Issues Partnership for Education and Research ^*  (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION SEEKING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TANNING BED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BEAUTY CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUNBATHING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71749106294     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyp035     Document Type: Article

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