Adolescents’ reasons for tanning and appearance motives: A preliminary study

Prior, Suzanne; Fenwick, Kimberley D.; Peterson, Jasmine C.

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.09.004

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“…The desire to possess the same tan as favored celebrities, an indicator that one has internalized being tan as part of a beauty ideal, has been linked to indoor tanning (Cafri, et al, 2008; Yoo & Kim, 2012). The general tendency to monitor one's appearance, or appearance surveillance, is also associated with indoor tanning (Prior et al, 2014; Stapleton et al, 2009). However, general dissatisfaction with one's appearance, a central construct across sociocultural theories, is not associated with reasons for tanning among adolescent girls (Prior et al, 2014) or indoor tanning behavior among undergraduate students (Gillen & Markey, 2012).…”

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“…The general tendency to monitor one's appearance, or appearance surveillance, is also associated with indoor tanning (Prior et al, 2014; Stapleton et al, 2009). However, general dissatisfaction with one's appearance, a central construct across sociocultural theories, is not associated with reasons for tanning among adolescent girls (Prior et al, 2014) or indoor tanning behavior among undergraduate students (Gillen & Markey, 2012). Notably lacking from this research are empirical models of indoor tanning that capture numerous potentially relevant and tanning-specific body image theory constructs.…”

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Sociocultural experiences, body image, and indoor tanning among young adult women

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The purpose of this survey study was to evaluate a model of body image influences on indoor tanning behavior. Participants were 823 young adult women recruited from a probability-based web panel in the United States. Consistent with our hypothesized model, tanning-related sociocultural experiences were indirectly associated with lifetime indoor tanning use and intentions to tan as mediated through tan surveillance and tan dissatisfaction. In secondary analyses, tan dissatisfaction was positively associated with recent indoor tanning. Findings suggest the need for targeting body image constructs as mechanisms of behavior change in indoor tanning behavioral interventions.

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Sociocultural experiences, body image, and indoor tanning among young adult women

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“…Tanning Many young women report a belief that skin tanning improves their general appearance (Hillhouse et al 1996;Prior et al 2014;Yoo and Kim 2014). In a North American sample, Hill and Durante (2011) found that women who were primed with intrasexual competition or intersexual courtship motives showed an increase in their interest in skin tanning (i.e., using a free 1-week tanning membership).…”

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Envy Mediates the Link Between Social Comparison and Appearance Enhancement in Women

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Envy has recently been considered from an evolutionary perspective as an emotion which might motivate compensatory action following unfavorable social comparisons. In two studies, the role of envy in women's motivation to enhance their physical appearance was examined. Study 1 explored the mediating role of dispositional envy on the relationship between social comparison and women's resource spending on appearanceenhancing products, desired weight loss, and tanning intention in a cross-sectional sample of undergraduate women (N=188). Controlling for age and self-perceived mate-value, results revealed that social comparison significantly predicted all three dependent variables, with mediation effects of envy on desired weight loss, consumer spending, and tanning intentions. Study 2 replicated and extended these findings via an experimental social comparison priming procedure. Women (N=90) who made social comparisons toward attractive women in magazine advertisements (N=45) reported greater state envy relative to women viewing advertisements featuring a product only (N=45). Moreover, induced state envy subsequently predicted greater willingness to use facial cosmetics and to take a risky diet pill, and increased positive attitudes toward cosmetic surgery. These results support the role of envy, activated by unfavorable social comparisons, in motivating compensatory competitive appearance enhancement behaviors.

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“…Tanning responses are defined as increased cutaneous pigmentation after solar UV light exposure, and are grounded in protective, reparative and cosmetic functions (O'Leary, Diehl, & Levins, 2014;Prior, Fenwick, & Peterson, 2014). Reasons for tanning and sociocultural influences on tanning are positively associated with appearance orientation in both males and females (Boniol, Autier, Boyle, & Gandini, 2012;Cash, Grasso, & Mitchell, 2005;Lazovich & Forster, 2005;Lostritto et al, 2012;Prior et al, 2014). * Tel.…”

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SMART: An Internet study of users experiences of synthetic tanning

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2014

Performance Enhancement & Health

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Adolescents’ reasons for tanning and appearance motives: A preliminary study

Cited by 20 publications

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Sociocultural experiences, body image, and indoor tanning among young adult women

Sociocultural experiences, body image, and indoor tanning among young adult women

Envy Mediates the Link Between Social Comparison and Appearance Enhancement in Women

SMART: An Internet study of users experiences of synthetic tanning

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