Rodríguez Vivian M, Daniel Casey L, Welles Brooke Foucault, Geller Alan C, Hay Jennifer L
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 641 Lexington Ave. 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10022, USA.
Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
J Behav Med. 2017 Aug;40(4):631-640. doi: 10.1007/s10865-017-9832-4. Epub 2017 Feb 8.
Indoor tanning (IT), particularly during early adulthood, increases risk for melanoma and is exceedingly common among youth. Social influence, including social norms, promotes IT but little is known about young adults' engagement with friends around tanning. We examined IT behaviors and tanning-related communication with friends at three universities. Of 837 participants, 261 (31%) reported ever tanning (90% female, 85% White). Of those, 113 (43%) were former tanners and 148 (57%) current tanners. Current tanners reported more social tanning and discussions with friends about tanning, more frequent outdoor tanning, high propensity to tan, and greater lifetime IT exposure than former tanners. Risks-to-benefits discussion ratios were greater for former tanners. In adjusted analyses, current tanners were more likely to make plans to tan and to talk about tanning benefits with friends. Findings confirm IT is a social experience. Future work should examine social tanning's role in the promotion and reduction of IT among youth.
室内晒黑(IT),尤其是在成年早期,会增加患黑色素瘤的风险,并且在年轻人中极为普遍。包括社会规范在内的社会影响会促进室内晒黑,但对于年轻人与朋友围绕晒黑的互动情况却知之甚少。我们在三所大学研究了室内晒黑行为以及与朋友进行的与晒黑相关的交流。在837名参与者中,261人(31%)报告曾有过晒黑经历(90%为女性,85%为白人)。其中,113人(43%)是曾经的晒黑者,148人(57%)是当前的晒黑者。与曾经的晒黑者相比,当前的晒黑者报告有更多的社交性晒黑以及与朋友关于晒黑的讨论、更频繁的户外晒黑、更高的晒黑倾向以及更多的终生室内晒黑暴露。曾经的晒黑者的风险与益处讨论比例更高。在调整分析中,当前的晒黑者更有可能制定晒黑计划并与朋友谈论晒黑的益处。研究结果证实室内晒黑是一种社交体验。未来的工作应该研究社交性晒黑在促进和减少年轻人室内晒黑方面所起的作用。