'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
'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
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DOI：
10.1093/her/cyp035
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发表时间：
2009-12-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Campo, Shelly
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作者：
Banerjee, Smita C.;Greene, Kathryn;Campo, Shelly
本文探讨了感觉寻求如何通过与使用晒黑床和对晒黑床的态度的同伴互动的方式，直接或间接地促进晒黑床使用意图的可能性。研究共招募了896名男女大学生（n = 896）。测量的变量包括寻求刺激、与使用美黑床的朋友的联系、对美黑的态度和使用美黑床的意图。采用结构方程模型对假设进行检验。总的来说，结果支持了提出的假设，并证明了感觉寻求通过与使用美黑床的同伴的联系和对美黑的态度的中介间接与美黑床的使用意图相关。本文讨论了研究结果的理论和方法意义，证明了感觉寻求对晒黑床使用意图的影响途径。
This paper explored how sensation seeking contributes to the likelihood of tanning bed use intentions both directly and indirectly through the way it shapes interaction with peers who use tanning beds and attitudes toward tanning bed. Eight hundred and ninety six (n = 896) male and female college students were recruited for the study. Measured variables included sensation seeking, association with friends who use tanning beds, attitudes toward tanning and tanning bed use intentions. Structural equation modeling was performed to test the hypotheses. In general, results supported the proposed hypotheses and documented that sensation seeking is indirectly associated with tanning bed use intentions through the mediation of association with peers who use tanning beds and attitudes toward tanning. The article discusses theoretical and methodological implications of the findings demonstrating the pathways of influence of sensation seeking on tanning bed use intentions.