Tanning addiction: conceptualization, assessment and correlates

The British Journal of Dermatology
Cecilie Schou AndreassenM D Griffiths

Abstract

Research into problematic tanning (or 'tanning addiction') has markedly increased over the past few years. Although several instruments exist to measure excessive tanning, most of these are psychometrically poor, are not theoretically anchored, and have been used mainly on small samples. To develop a new tanning addiction scale based on a specific theoretical approach utilizing core addiction criteria. A scale comprising seven items (salience/craving, tolerance, mood modification, relapse/loss of control, withdrawal, conflict and problems) was administered online to a cross-sectional convenience sample of 23 537 adults (mean ± SD age 35·8 ± 13·3 years). There was also assessment of demographic factors, the five-factor model of personality, and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety and depression. A confirmatory factor analysis showed that a one-factor model gave an optimal fit with the data collected [root mean square error of approximation = 0·050, 90% confidence interval (CI) 0·047-0·053; comparative fit index = 0·99; Tucker-Lewis index = 0·99]. High factor loadings (0·78-0·91, all P < 0·001) and coefficient omega indicator of reliability (ω = 0·94, 95% CI 0·94-0·94) were also found using the new scale. In a mult...Continue Reading

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