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Tanning as a Behavioral Addiction

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Pages 284-290 | Published online: 15 Jun 2010

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Nick Carcioppolo, Victoria Orrego Dunleavy & Jessica Gall Myrick. (2019) A Closer Look at Descriptive Norms and Indoor Tanning: Investigating the Intermediary Role of Positive and Negative Outcome Expectations. Health Communication 34:13, pages 1619-1627.
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Ariel Ketcherside, Francesca M. Filbey, Pamela M. Aubert, John P. Seibyl, Julianne L. Price & Bryon Adinoff. (2018) Brain intrinsic network connectivity in individuals with frequent tanning behavior. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 44:6, pages 668-677.
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Meghan M. Gillen & Charlotte H. Markey. (2017) Beauty and the burn: tanning and other appearance-altering attitudes and behaviors. Psychology, Health & Medicine 22:10, pages 1271-1277.
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Carolyn J. Heckman, Teja Munshi, Susan Darlow, Jacqueline D. Kloss, Sharon L. Manne, Clifford Perlis & David Oslin. (2016) The association of tanning behavior with psycho-tropic medication use among young adult women. Psychology, Health & Medicine 21:1, pages 60-66.
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Smita C Banerjee, Jennifer L Hay & Kathryn Greene. (2015) Indoor tanning addiction tendencies: Role of positive tanning beliefs, perceived vulnerability, and tanning risk knowledge. Addiction Research & Theory 23:2, pages 156-162.
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Lisham Ashrafioun & Erin E. Bonar. (2015) Psychometric assessment of the Craving to Tan Questionnaire. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 41:1, pages 74-81.
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Derek D. Reed, Bryan T. Yanagita, Amel Becirevic & Brent A. Kaplan. (2014) Consumer Foraging for Safer Tanning Alternatives: A Naturally Occurring Experiment on Informational Reinforcement in the UK. European Journal of Behavior Analysis 15:2, pages 241-248.
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Ashley Hemrich, Laura Pawlow, Andrew Pomerantz & Dan Segrist. (2014) Current Versus Ideal Skin Tones and Tanning Behaviors in Caucasian College Women. Journal of American College Health 62:8, pages 588-591.
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MeghanM. Gillen & CharlotteN. Markey. (2012) The Role of Body Image and Depression in Tanning Behaviors and Attitudes. Behavioral Medicine 38:3, pages 74-82.
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