Table 4.

Mean values and standard deviations for total sun protection behaviour and motivational factors for sun protection, and correlations between the variables (all scales have a range from 0 to 4).

	Mean	SD	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	8a	8b	8c
1 Total use of recommended sun protection	1.48	0.79	0.20**	0.16**	0.18**	0.32**	0.16**	−0.37**	−0.56**	−0.47**	−0.40**	0.52**
2 Perceived vulnerability	2.10	0.83		0.21**	0.47**	0.14**	0.00	−0.07**	−0.05**	−0.02	−0.07**	0.07**
3 Perceived severity	3.22	0.61			0.34**	0.26**	0.10**	−0.08**	−0.08**	−0.06**	−0.11**	0.06**
4 Worry about developing a melanoma	2.85	0.72				0.24**	0.04*	0.03*	−0.03*	−0.01	−0.02	0.07**
5 Benefits of protection behaviour	2.95	0.59					0.29**	−0.15**	−0.21**	−0.19**	−0.14**	0.18**
6 Perceived self-efficacy to protect	2.35	1.10						−0.06**	−0.20**	−0.20**	−0.12**	0.15**
7 Attitude towards suntans	2.49	0.67							0.31**	0.24**	0.34**	−0.23**
8 Barriers to sun protection	1.80	0.55								0.93**	0.62**	−0.83**
a Perceiving use of sun protection as inconvenient	1.72	0.59									0.42**	−0.68**
b Perceiving sun protection as problematic as it reduces the possibility to develop a suntan	1.69	0.94										−0.35**
c Having sun protection as a part of one's daily routine	2.01	0.62

^*= P < 0.01

^**= P < 0.001