Predicting Australian adults' sun-safe behaviour: Examining the role of personal and social norms

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 396-412

  White, Katherine M ^a   Starfelt, Louise C ^a   Young, Ross McD ^a   Hawkes, Anna L ^a,b   Leske, Stuart ^a   Hamilton, Kyra ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL NORM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNBATHING; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL NORMS; SUNBATHING; SUNLIGHT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926420848     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12108     Document Type: Article

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