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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Behav Med. 2014 Feb 15;37(6):1082–1090. doi: 10.1007/s10865-014-9558-5

Table 4.

Psychosocial Correlates of Shade Seeking

Bivariate Correlation Multiple Regression Analysis (R2 = .15)
r P b 95% CI P


Suntan benefits −.16 < .001 −0.05 −0.13, 0.03 .203
Shade seeking benefits .12 .001 0.06 −0.03, 0.15 .179
Shade seeking barriers −.25 < .001 −0.33 −0.45, −0.22 < .001
Skin color preference −.07 .056 −0.10 −0.23, 0.03 .145
Perceived natural skin protection −.15 < .001 −0.06 −0.13, 0.00 .054
Photo-aging concerns .14 < .001 −0.01 −0.10, 0.08 .770
Perceived skin cancer risk .22 < .001 0.10 0.01, 0.19 .037
Skin cancer fatalism −.15 < .001 −0.10 −0.17, −0.03 .006
Skin cancer worry .17 < .001 0.11 0.03, 0.19 .006
Shade seeking descriptive norms .18 < .001 0.15 0.07, 0.23 < .001