Bronze Is Beautiful but Pale Can Be Pretty: The Effects of Appearance Standards and Mortality Salience on Sun-Tanning Outcomes

Health Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 746-752

  Cox, Cathy R ^a   Cooper, Douglas P ^b   Vess, Matthew ^a   Arndt, Jamie ^a   Goldenberg, Jamie L ^b   Routledge, Clay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

death; health; mortality salience; tanning; terror management

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SKIN COLOR; SUNBATHING; TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEAUTY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MORTALITY; SUNBATHING; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72949086830     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016388     Document Type: Article

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