Table 1.
Sex, race, and age differences in study variables.
Variables | Sex differences | Race differences | Age differences | ||||||
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| |||||||||
Males M (SD) |
Females M (SD) |
t (550) | White M (SD) |
Other M (SD) |
t (550) | Younger M (SD) |
Older M (SD) |
t (550) | |
Imaginary audience | 1.94 (.60) | 2.31 (.62) | −6.78*** | 2.19 (.63) | 2.14 (.67) | .78 | 2.19 (.62) | 2.15 (.67) | .65 |
Omnipotence | 3.28 (.67) | 3.12 (.65) | 2.67** | 3.18 (.66) | 3.16 (.67) | .42 | 3.12 (.65) | 3.26 (.68) | −2.30* |
Uniqueness | 3.30 (.69) | 3.29 (.68) | .15 | 3.22 (.68) | 3.47 (.66) | −4.03*** | 3.33 (.69) | 3.25 (.66) | 1.38 |
Invulnerability | 3.25 (.67) | 3.01 (.71) | 4.04** | 3.10 (.72) | 3.04 (.68) | .91 | 3.05 (.73) | 3.14 (.66) | −1.34 |
Association with peers | 19.11 (17.08) | 27.18 (19.15) | −4.92*** | 26.32 (19.15) | 19.97 (17.37) | 3.71*** | 21.20 (17.70) | 29.34 (19.53) | −5.05*** |
Pro-tanning attitude | 2.59 (.80) | 2.96 (.96) | −4.61*** | 2.96 (.89) | 2.54 (.92) | 5.02*** | 2.75 (.88) | 2.95 (.96) | −2.46* |
Indoor tanning intentions | 1.45 (.74) | 2.21 (1.21) | −8.06*** | 2.01 (1.15) | 1.79 (1.04) | 2.12* | 1.80 (1.01) | 2.17 (1.26) | −3.82*** |
p < .05,
p < .01,
p < .001.