Predicting Australian adults' sun-safe behaviour : examining the role of personal and social norms
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2015
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Objectives To address the scarcity of comprehensive, theory-based research in the Australian context, this study, using a theory of planned behaviour (TPB) framework, investigated the role of personal and social norms to identify the key predictors of adult Australians' sun-safe intentions and behaviour. Design The study used a prospective design with two waves of data collection, 1 week apart. Methods Participants were 816 adults (48.2% men) aged between 18 and 88 years recruited from urban, regional, and rural areas of Australia. At baseline, participants completed a questionnaire assessing the standard TPB predictors (attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control [PBC]), past behaviour, behavioural intention, and additional measures of group norm for the referent groups of friends and family, image norm, personal norm, personal choice/responsibility, and Australian identity. Seventy-one per cent of the participants (n = 577) reported on their sun-safe behaviour in the subsequent week. Results Via path modelling, past behaviour, attitude, group norm (friends), personal norm, and personal choice/responsibility emerged as independent predictors of intentions which, in turn, predicted sun-safe behaviour prospectively. Past behaviour, but not PBC, had direct effects on sun-safe behaviour. The model explained 61.6% and 43.9% of the variance in intention and behaviour, respectively. Conclusions This study provides support for the use of a comprehensive theoretical decision-making model to explain Australian adults' sun-safe intentions and behaviours and identifies viable targets for health-promoting messages in this high-risk context. |
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/79978/3/__staffhome.qut.edu.au_staffgrouph%24_hollambc_Desktop_79978a.pdf DOI:10.1111/bjhp.12108 White, Katherine M., Starfelt, Louise C., Young, Ross McD., Hawkes, Anna L., Leske, Stuart, & Hamilton, Kyra (2015) Predicting Australian adults' sun-safe behaviour : examining the role of personal and social norms. British Journal of Health Psychology, 20(2), pp. 396-412. http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/LP0991856 |
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Copyright 2014 The British Psychological Society This is the accepted version of the following article: White, K. M., Starfelt, L. C., Young, R. McD., Hawkes, A. L., Leske, S. and Hamilton, K. (2014), Predicting Australian adults' sun-safe behaviour: Examining the role of personal and social norms. British Journal of Health Psychology, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjhp.12108/abstract |
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Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Psychology & Counselling; School of Public Health & Social Work |
Palavras-Chave | #170106 Health Clinical and Counselling Psychology #170113 Social and Community Psychology #sun safety #group norms #personal norms #image norms #theory of planned behaviour #skin cancer |
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Journal Article |