Table 3.
Comparison of willingness to engage in sun protection and sun protection behaviors.
| Co-ed (n = 61) | All-Male (n = 76) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Mean | ||
| Willingness to: # | |||
| Try various sunscreens to see which I like best | 2.92 | 3.54 | |
| Reapply sunscreen after sweating heavily | 3.10 | 3.47 | |
| Find shade when I am outside between 10 AM and 3 PM | 3.57 | 4.06 | |
| Wear a shirt with sleeves | 2.25 | 2.28 | |
| Wear a sun hat with a brim | 3.82 | 3.49 | |
| Stop trying to tan | 2.22 | 2.66 | |
| Try self-tanning creams | 1.48 | 1.70 | |
| Get a spray tan to see how I look | 1.20 | 1.45 | |
| On a warm, sunny day of drum corps, how often do you: ^ | |||
| Wear sunscreen | 3.77 | 4.09 | |
| Wear a shirt with sleeves that cover your shoulders | 2.52 | 2.79 | |
| Wear a hat | 4.21 | 4.18 | |
| Wear sunglasses | 3.22 | 4.02 a | |
| Spend time in the sun in order to get tan | 2.32 | 2.45 | |
| On cloudy day of drum corps, how often do you: ^ | |||
| Put on sunscreen | 3.70 | 3.69 | |
| Wear a shirt with sleeves that cover your shoulders | 2.41 | 2.66 | |
| Wear a hat | 4.54 | 4.12 b | |
| Wear sunglasses | 3.05 | 3.82 b | |
| History of sunburns | |||
| Number of sunburns in the last two weeks | 1.64 | 1.75 | |
# Participants responded to a 5-point Likert-type scale defined as follows: 1 = Not at all willing, 2 = Slightly willing, 3 = Somewhat willing, 4 = Very willing, 5 = Extremely willing; between group differences assessed using one-way ANOVA; ^Participants responded to a 5-point Likert-type scale defined as follows: 1 = Never, 2 = Rarely, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often, 5 = Always; between group differences assessed using Mann-Whitney U Test; a statistically significant difference between groups, p < 0.01; b statistically significant difference between groups, p < 0.05.