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dc.contributor.authorHamilton, Kyra
dc.contributor.authorKirkpatrick, Aaron
dc.contributor.authorRebar, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Katherine M
dc.contributor.authorHagger, Martin S
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-05T00:59:44Z
dc.date.available2018-06-05T00:59:44Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1057-9249
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/pon.4434
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/345206
dc.description.abstractObjective: To examine the role of parental beliefs, roles, and anticipated regret toward performing childhood sun-protective behaviours. Methods: Parents (N = 230; 174 mothers, 56 fathers), recruited using a nonrandom convenience sample, of at least 1 child aged between 2 and 5 years completed an initial questionnaire assessing demographics and past behaviour as well as theory of planned behaviour global (attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control) and belief-based (behavioural, normative, and control beliefs) measures, role construction, and anticipated regret regarding their intention and behaviour to protect their child from the sun. Two weeks later, participants completed a follow-up questionnaire assessing their sun protection of their child during the previous 2 weeks. Results: Hierarchical multiple regression analysis identified attitude, perceived behavioural control, role construction, anticipated regret, past behaviour, and a normative belief (“current partner/other family members”) as significant predictors of parents' intention to participate in sun-protective behaviour for their child. Intention and past behaviour were significant predictors of parents' follow-up sun-protective behaviour. The regression models explained 64% and 36% of the variance in intention and behaviour, respectively. Conclusions: The findings of this study highlight the importance of anticipated regret and role-related beliefs alongside personal, normative, and control beliefs in determining parents' intentional sun-protective behaviour for their children. Findings may inform the development of parent- and community-based sun protection intervention programs to promote parents' sun-safety behaviours for their children to prevent future skin cancer incidence.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons
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dc.relation.ispartofpageto7
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPsycho-Oncology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOncology and carcinogenesis
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther psychology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3211
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode529999
dc.titleProtecting young children against skin cancer: Parental beliefs, roles, and regret
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
gro.rights.copyright© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Protecting young children against skin cancer: Parental beliefs, roles, and regret, Psycho-Oncology, Volume 26, Issue 12, Pages 2135-2141, 2017, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4434. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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