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

Table 3

Univariate tests for gender and means and standard deviations for females and males.

Area	Question				Female		Male
					M	SD	M	SD
Sun protection behaviors	I wear sunglasses	5.23	.023	.012	2.59	.88	2.26	.89
	I wear sunscreen	13.96	<.001	.030	2.43	.87	1.99	.72
	I wear hats in the bright sun	4.53	.034	.010	1.77	.82	1.97	.82
	I wear chap stick with sunscreen in it	26.82	<.001	.057	2.56	1.04	1.72	.92
	I wear a hat with a brim on it	9.99	.002	.022	1.71	.87	1.99	.89
Worry	I worry about getting too much sun on my skin	7.89	.005	.017	2.07	1.01	1.69	.81

Note. Including “Do not know” answers could have lowered mean scores.