Becirevic Amel, Reed Derek D, Amlung Michael, Murphy James G, Stapleton Jerod L, Hillhouse Joel J
Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University.
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2017 Oct;25(5):346-352. doi: 10.1037/pha0000146.
Indoor tanning remains a popular activity in Western cultures despite a growing body of literature suggesting its link to skin cancer and melanoma. Advances in indoor tanning research have illuminated problematic patterns of its use. With problems such as difficulty quitting, devoting resources toward its use at the expense of healthy activities, and excessive motivation and urges to tan, symptoms of excessive indoor tanning appear consistent with behavioral addiction. The present study bridges the gap between clinical approaches to understanding indoor tanning problems and behavioral economic considerations of unhealthy habits and addiction. Eighty undergraduate females completed both the Behavioral Addiction Indoor Tanning Screener and the Tanning Purchase Task. Results suggest that behavioral economic demand for tanning significantly differs between risk classification groups, providing divergent validity to the Behavioral Addiction Indoor Tanning Screener and offering additional evidence of the sensitivity of the Tanning Purchase Task to differentiating groups according to tanning profiles. (PsycINFO Database Record
尽管越来越多的文献表明室内晒黑与皮肤癌和黑色素瘤有关，但在西方文化中，室内晒黑仍然是一项受欢迎的活动。室内晒黑研究的进展揭示了其使用中存在问题的模式。诸如难以戒除、将资源用于室内晒黑而牺牲健康活动，以及过度晒黑的动机和冲动等问题，表明过度室内晒黑的症状与行为成瘾一致。本研究弥合了理解室内晒黑问题的临床方法与对不健康习惯和成瘾的行为经济学考量之间的差距。80名本科女性完成了行为成瘾室内晒黑筛查器和晒黑购买任务。结果表明，不同风险分类组对晒黑的行为经济需求存在显著差异，为行为成瘾室内晒黑筛查器提供了区分效度，并为晒黑购买任务根据晒黑特征区分不同群体的敏感性提供了更多证据。（《心理学文摘数据库记录》 ）
