College Students’ Perceptions of Worry and Parent Beliefs: Associations with Behaviors to Prevent Sun Exposure

Table 4

Univariate tests for parent values about sun exposure and means for student ratings of parent beliefs.

Area	Question				Ratings
					Yes, important to parents		No, not important to parents		Do not know
					M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Sun protection behaviors	I wear sunglasses	2.57	.078	.011		.81		.81		.83
	I wear sunscreen	13.14	<.001	.056		.84		.75	1.86	.86
	I wear hats in the bright sun	3.59	.028	.016		1.06		1.04		1.11
	I wear chap stick with sunscreen in it	4.86	.008	.021		.92		.79	1.92	.86
	I wear a hat with a brim on it	4.90	.008	.021		.97		.75	1.78	1.00
Worry	I worry about getting too much sun on my skin	13.55	<.001	.057		.81		.81		.83

Notes. a significant difference between yes and no answers using Tukey’s follow-up tests; a significant difference between yes and do not know answers using Tukey’s follow-up tests. Including “Do not know” answers could have lowered mean scores.