Table I.
Baseline adolescent attitudes about sun benefits and risksa
| Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | |
| Sun benefit attitudes | ||||
| Being in the sun is relaxing | 59 (52%) | 42 (37%) | 7 (6%) | 5 (4%) |
| A tan looks good | 72 (63%) | 33 (29%) | 8 (7%) | 0 (0%) |
| Tanned people look healthy | 21 (18%) | 51 (45%) | 32 (28%) | 6 (5%) |
| Sun risk attitudes | ||||
| Sun and UV light damage cause wrinkles | 23 (20%) | 44 (39%) | 24 (21%) | 22 (19%) |
| Bad sunburns are unhealthy | 69 (61%) | 22 (19%) | 10 (9%) | 11 (10%) |
| Too much sun exposure causes skin cancer | 66 (58%) | 31 (27%) | 9 (8%) | 6 (5%) |
a
n = 113, totals do not equal 100% due to missing data for one to four respondents/question.