Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 57, Issue 6 , Pages 990-997 , December 2007

The influence of parents and peers on adolescent indoor tanning behavior: Findings from a multi-city sample

  • Katherine D. Hoerster, BA

      Affiliations

    • San Diego State University (SDSU)/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Katherine D. Hoerster, BA, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 220, San Diego, CA 92123.
    • ,
  • Joni A. Mayer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • SDSU Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego, California
    • ,
  • Susan I. Woodruff, PhD

      Affiliations

    • SDSU Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego, California
    • ,
  • Vanessa Malcarne, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, SDSU, San Diego, California
    • ,
  • Scott C. Roesch, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, SDSU, San Diego, California
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Clapp, MPH

      Affiliations

    • SDSU Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego, California

,Accepted 17 June 2007.

References 

  1. American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts and Figures 2006: American Cancer Society; 2006.
  2. Elwood JM. Recent developments in melanoma epidemiology, 1993. Melanoma Res. 1993;3:149–156
  3. Friedman RJ, Rigel DS, Bersons DS, Rivers J. Skin cancer: basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma. In:  Holleb AJ,  Fink DJ,  Murphy GP editor. American Cancer Society textbook of clinical oncology. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 1991;p. 290–305
  4. Marks R. An overview of skin cancers. Incidence and causation. Cancer Supplement. 1995;75:607–612
  5. Singletary SE, Balch CM. Malignant melanoma. In: Holleb AJ, Fink DJ, Murphy GP, editors. American Cancer Society textbook of clinical oncology. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 199. pp. 1263-70.
  6. Gallagher RP, Spinelli JJ, Lee TK. Tanning beds, sunlamps, and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005;14:562–566
  7. Karagas MR, Stannard VA, Mott LA, Slattery MJ, Spencer SK, Weinstock MA. Use of tanning devices and risk of basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2002;94:224–226
  8. Swerdlow AJ, Weinstock MA. Do tanning lamps cause melanoma? An epidemiologic assessment. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1998;38:89–98
  9. Veierod MB, Weiderpass E, Thorn M, Hansson J, Lund E, Armstrong B, et al. A prospective study of pigmentation, sun exposure, and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma in women. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2003;95:1530–1538
  10. Levine JA, Sorace M, Spencer J, Siegel DM. The indoor UV tanning industry: a review of skin cancer risk, health benefit claims, and regulation. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2005;53:1038–1044
  11. Walters BI, Kelley TM. Commercial tanning facilities: a new source of eye injury. Am J Emerg Med. 1987;5:386–389
  12. American Academy of Dermatology. Position statement on indoor tanning. Available at: http://www.aadassociation.org/Policy/tanning.html. Accessed November 30, 2004.
  13. Cokkinides VE, Weinstock MA, O'Connell MC, Thun MJ. Use of indoor tanning sunlamps by US youth, ages 11-18 years, and by their parent or guardian caregivers: prevalence and correlates. Pediatrics. 2002;109:1124–1130
  14. Demko CA, Borawski EA, Debanne SM, Cooper KD, Stange KC. Use of indoor tanning facilities by white adolescents in the United States. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157:854–860
  15. Geller AC, Colditz G, Oliveria S, Emmons K, Jorgensen C, Aweh GN, et al. Use of sunscreen, sunburning rates, and tanning bed use among more than 10 000 US children and adolescents. Pediatrics. 2002;109:1009–1014
  16. Stryker JE, Lazovich D, Forster JL, Emmons KM, Sorensen G, Demierre MF. Maternal/female caregiver influences on adolescent indoor tanning. J Adolesc Health. 2004;35:528;e1-9
  17. Quick stats: percentage of teens aged 14-17 years who used indoor tanning devices during the preceding 12 months, by sex and age—United States, 2005. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006;55:1101
  18. Schepis TS, Rao U. Epidemiology and etiology of adolescent smoking. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2005;17:607–612
  19. Census 2000. Population by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino origin for the United States. United States Census Bureau. Available at: http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html. Accessed March 10, 2007.
  20. Woodruff SI, Mayer JA, Clapp E. Effects of an introductory letter on response rates to a teen/parent telephone health survey. Eval Rev. 2006;30:817–823
  21. Fitzpatrick TB. The validity and practicality of sun-reactive skin types I through VI. Arch Dermatol. 1988;124:869–871
  22. Bryk A, Raudenbush SW. Hierarchical linear models. Newbury Park (CA): Sage Press; 2000;
  23. Bandura A. Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive approach. Englewood Cliffs (NJ): Prentice Hall; 1986;
  24. Ritchie LD, Welk G, Styne D, Gerstein DE, Crawford PB. Family environment and pediatric overweight: what is a parent to do?. J Am Diet Assoc. 2005;105(Suppl):S70–S79
  25. Dishion TJ, McMahon RJ. Parental monitoring and the prevention of child and adolescent problem behavior: a conceptual and empirical formulation. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 1998;1:61–75
  26. Mahler HI, Kulik JA, Harrell J, Correa A, Gibbons FX, Gerrard M. Effects of UV photographs, photoaging information, and use of sunless tanning lotion on sun protection behaviors. Arch Dermatol. 2005;141:373–380
  27. Hillhouse JJ, Turrisi R, Kastner M. Modeling tanning salon behavioral tendencies using appearance motivation, self-monitoring and the theory of planned behavior. Health Educ Res. 2000;15:405–414
  28. Olson AL, Gaffney C, Starr P, Gibson JJ, Cole BF, Dietrich AJ. SunSafe in the Middle School Years: a community-wide intervention to change early-adolescent sun protection. Pediatrics. 2007;119:e247–e256

 Funding sources: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, grants R01CA93532 and K05CA10051.

 Conflicts of interest: None declared.

PII: S0190-9622(07)01025-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.06.007

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 57, Issue 6 , Pages 990-997 , December 2007

Article Tools