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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Youth Stud. 2014 Oct 10;18(3):357–375. doi: 10.1080/13676261.2014.963536

Table 1.

Sex, race, and age differences in study variables.

Variables Sex differences Race differences Age differences

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.