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    Protecting Young Children Against Skin Cancer: Parental Beliefs, Roles, And Regret

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    Authors
    Hamilton, Kyra
    Kirkpatrick, A.
    Rebar, A.
    White, K.
    Hagger, Martin
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Hamilton, K. and Kirkpatrick, A. and Rebar, A. and White, K. and Hagger, M. 2017. Protecting Young Children Against Skin Cancer: Parental Beliefs, Roles, And Regret. Psycho-Oncology. 26 (12): pp. 2135–2141.
    Source Title
    Psycho-Oncology
    DOI
    10.1002/pon.4434
    ISSN
    1099-1611
    School
    School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51951
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Objective: 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.

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