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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2013 Sep;37(5):577–586. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.37.5.1

Table 5.

Hierarchical Regression Analyses (standardized regression weights) Predicting Tanning-Bed Use Intention in Next 3-month (N = 215) and 12-month (N = 215) Periods

Tanning-Bed Use Intention (3-months) Tanning-Bed Use Intention (12-months)

Variables Step 1
β
Step 2
β
Step 3
β
Step 1
β
Step 2
β
Step 3
β
Demographics
 Age .09 .10 .11 .08 .08 .08
 Female .05 .08 .09 .03 .06 .09
 White .10 .09 .10 .08 .06 .06
 Current user .19** .18** .14* .21*** .20*** .16**
 Tanning-bed dependent .42*** .39*** .37*** .40*** .35*** .32***
Advantages of Tanning .13* .09 .18** .13*
Perceived Vulnerability −.10 −.07 −.10 −.08
Cognitive Rationalizations
 Skeptical −.00 −.08
 Worth-it .16* .24***
 Danger ubiquity .10 .09
Adjusted R2 .27*** .29*** .32*** .25*** .31*** .36***
R2 Change .02* .04** .04** .06***
*

p ≤ .05,

**

p ≤ .01,

***

p ≤ .001