Adolescent egocentrism and indoor tanning: is the relationship direct or mediated?

Smita C Banerjee; Kathryn Greene; Itzhak Yanovitzky; Zhanna Bagdasarov; Soe Yoon Choi; Kate Magsamen-Conrad

doi:10.1080/13676261.2014.963536

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Adolescent egocentrism and indoor tanning: is the relationship direct or mediated?

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Adolescent egocentrism and indoor tanning: is the relationship direct or mediated?

Smita C Banerjee, Kathryn Greene, Itzhak Yanovitzky, Zhanna Bagdasarov, Soe Yoon Choi and Kate Magsamen-Conrad

Journal of youth studies, Vol.18(3), pp.357-375

03/16/2015

DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2014.963536

PMCID: PMC5198897

PMID: 28042281

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This paper explored how imaginary audience and personal fable ideations contribute to adolescent indoor tanning intentions directly and indirectly through the way they shape pro-tanning attitude and association with peers who use tanning beds. Five hundred and ninety-five male (n = 207) and female (n = 387) adolescents, ranging in age from 11 to 19 (M = 16.87; SD = 1.34) years completed a cross-sectional survey. Measures included imaginary audience, personal fable (three dimensions: invulnerability, uniqueness, and omnipotence), pro-tanning attitude, association with peers who use tanning beds, and tanning bed use intentions. Bootstrapping analyses documented that imaginary audience ideations are indirectly associated with indoor tanning intentions through the mediation of pro-tanning attitude and association with peers who use tanning beds. Of the personal fable ideations, only invulnerability ideation is indirectly associated with indoor tanning intentions through the mediation of association with peers who use tanning beds. Design and evaluation of interventions and campaigns to reduce indoor tanning must be targeted to adolescents varying in imaginary audience ideations differently.

imaginary audience

personal fable

association with peers

attitude toward tanning beds

egocentrism

indoor tanning

tanning intentions

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Title: Subtitle: Adolescent egocentrism and indoor tanning: is the relationship direct or mediated?
Creators: Smita C Banerjee - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Kathryn Greene - Department of Communication, Rutgers University
Itzhak Yanovitzky - Department of Communication, Rutgers University
Zhanna Bagdasarov - Communication and Health Issues Partnership for Education and Research, Rutgers University
Soe Yoon Choi - Department of Communication, Rutgers University
Kate Magsamen-Conrad - Department of Communication, Bowling Green State University
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of youth studies, Vol.18(3), pp.357-375
DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2014.963536
PMID: 28042281
PMCID: PMC5198897
NLM abbreviation: J Youth Stud
ISSN: 1367-6261
eISSN: 1469-9680
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Date published: 03/16/2015
Academic Unit: Communication Studies
Record Identifier: 9984002367402771

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