Table 4.

Hierarchical linear regression results predicting thoroughness of SSE (number of body parts examined) for individuals who conducted at least one SSE in the past 2 months, N = 287.

	b	95% CI b	β	t(4 1 9)	p
Demographics
Age	−0.018	−0.05 to 0.01	−0.075	−1.192	0.234
Education	−0.419*	−0.80 to −0.04	−0.124	−2.182	0.030
Marital status	−0.251	−0.70 to 0.20	−0.061	−1.106	0.270
Sex	0.409*	0.01 to 0.81	0.128	2.006	0.046
			Step 1$\mathrm{\Delta }{R}^2=$0.047**
Medical factors
Months since surgery	−0.011	−0.08 to 0.06	−0.017	−0.315	0.753
Disease stage	0.197	−0.26 to 0.66	0.048	0.846	0.398
			Step 2$\mathrm{\Delta }{R}^2=$0.010
Skin cancer risk factors
Number of risk factors	−0.023	−0.25 to 0.20	−0.011	−0.203	0.839
Sunburn in past year	−0.269	−1.05 to 0.52	−0.037	−0.673	0.501
			Step 3$\mathrm{\Delta }{R}^2=$0.005
Melanoma knowledge & attitudes
Knowledge	−0.015	−0.19 to 0.16	−0.010	−0.174	0.862
Severity	−0.116	−0.66 to 0.43	−0.029	−0.420	0.675
Controllability	−0.199	−0.73 to 0.33	−0.042	−0.740	0.460
Risk of recurrence	0.111	−0.37 to 0.60	0.027	0.451	0.653
			Step 4$\mathrm{\Delta }{R}^2=$0.011
Psychological
Distress about melanoma	−0.111	−0.30 to 0.08	−0.078	−1.138	0.256
Worry about recurrence	0.402*	0.00 to 0.80	0.155	1.981	0.049
			Step 5$\mathrm{\Delta }{R}^2=$0.011
Social influence
Physician influence	0.228	−0.16 to 0.62	0.067	1.152	0.250
Family and friend influence	0.156	−0.18 to 0.50	0.054	0.907	0.365
			Step 6$R^2=$0.069**
SSE knowledge & attitudes
Knowledge	0.012	−0.22 to 0.25	0.007	0.103	0.918
Benefits	−0.022	−0.60 to 0.55	−0.005	−0.076	0.939
Barriers	−0.975**	−1.65 to −0.30	−0.185	−2.859	0.005
Planning	0.453**	0.14 to 0.77	0.172	2.811	0.005
Self-efficacy	0.802**	0.28 to 1.33	0.226	3.011	0.003
			Step 7$R^2=$0.141**

Note. *p < .05, **p < .01. Coefficients are from the full model that included all of the predictors. Total R² for the model is 0.295, F(21,267) = 5.33, p < .001. Education is coded 1 = Bachelor’s degree or greater education, −1 = less than a Bachelor’s degree. Marital status is coded 1 = partnered, −1 = not partnered. Sex is coded 1 = male, −1 = female. SSE = skin self-examination.