Devereux, Melanie (2019) Predicting caregivers’ intentions to use sun-protection behaviours. Are all sun-protection behaviours the same? Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was used to predict and explain caregiver’s intention for their child aged 0-6 to wear a hat, wear sunscreen, wear sun-protective clothing, wear sunglasses and stay in the shade. Caregivers’ (N = 59) completed an online survey measuring their attitudes, subjective norms (SN), perceived behaviour control (PBC) and intentions towards each of the sun-protective Cancer Council recommendations regarding their child. Results found that the TPB was able to predict each sun-protective behaviour, however the unique significant predictors for each sun-protective behaviour were different. Caregiver intention for their child to wear a hat was predicted by attitude, SN and PBC, to wear a sunscreen was predicted by attitude, to wear sun-protective clothing was predicted by attitude and PBC, to wear sunglasses was predicted by attitude and PBC, and to keep their child in the shade was predicted by PBC. As the measurement of the individual sun-protective behaviours is original research, future research should firstly focus on replication of these results. It is hoped that this research can lead to improved, focused sun-protection campaigns and assist in increasing the use of all sun-protective behaviours by caregivers.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Carla Jeffries |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2025 02:52 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2025 02:52 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Theory of Planned Behaviour; sun-protection; caregivers’; skin cancer; children |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52267 |
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