Associations between authoritative parenting and the sun exposure and sun protective behaviours of adolescents and their friends.
Associations between the sun exposure and sun protective behaviours of adolescents and their friends were examined along with the role played by authoritative parenting and other family and peer socialisation factors. Four hundred and two adolescents (198 males, 204 females) participated in the research. It was found that these adolescents and their friends shared similar sun exposure and sun protective behaviours and had similar parenting backgrounds. Parental authoritativeness was positively associated with the use of sun protection, even after the effects of other familial and peer variables were controlled, but not with the time spent sunbathing which was associated with friends' behaviours. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.
Mewse
Avril J
AJ
School of Psychology, Washington Singer Laboratories, University of Exeter, Exeter EX44QG, UK. a.j.mewse@exeter.ac.uk
Lea
Stephen E G
SE
Ntala
Eleni
E
Eiser
J Richard
JR
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001318:Authoritarianism; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010379:Peer Group; D012737:Sex Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D012951:Socialization; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D055108:Sunbathing / Q000523:psychology*; D013473:Sunscreening Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects
D013473:Sunscreening Agents