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External Dynamics Influencing Tattooing among College Students: A Qualitative Analysis
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Firmin, Michael; Tse, Luke; Foster, Janna; Angelini, Tammy – Journal of College Student Development, 2012
The study utilized qualitative research methodology to assess external dynamics and their influences on tattooing practices among college students. Twenty-four undergraduates supplied in-depth interviews regarding the external variables related to college students' decisions to tattoo. The present research follows (Tse, Firmin, Angelini, &…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Undergraduate Students, Peer Influence, Adolescents
Tattoos Can Harm Perceptions: A Study and Suggestions
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Resenhoeft, Annette; Villa, Julie; Wiseman, David – Journal of American College Health, 2008
Objective: Health researchers have claimed that perceptions toward a person with a tattoo are more negative than are perceptions toward nontattooed persons. However, support for this has been obtained almost completely by nonexperimental research. Participants: In 2 experiments with 158 community college student participants, the authors found…
Descriptors: College Students, Photography, Social Attitudes, Student Attitudes
More than Skin Deep: Perceptions of, and Stigma against, Tattoos
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Martin, Benjamin A.; Dula, Chris S. – College Student Journal, 2010
Previous research indicates stigmas can produce feelings of fear, isolation, and discrimination, and that negative stigma has been and still is, associated with tattooing. Due to the rise in tattoo popularity, a method to analyze stigma against tattooed individuals is needed. The Martin Stigma Against Tattoos Survey (MSATS), was created, taken by…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Grade Point Average, Construct Validity, Personality Measures
Becoming a Heavily Tattooed Young Body: From a Bodily Experience to a Body Project
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Ferreira, Vitor Sérgio – Youth & Society, 2014
Why some young people start to tattoo their bodies? And why some of them keep going on with this practice, until having all body tattooed? What doing so means to them? These are some of the questions that underlie a qualitative research project carried out in Portugal on heavily tattooed young people. In this article, the author discusses their…
Descriptors: Human Body, Foreign Countries, Youth, Identification (Psychology)
Tattoos and Piercings: Attitudes, Behaviors, and Interpretations of College Students
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Horne, Jenn; Knox, David; Zusman, Jane; Zusman, Marty E. – College Student Journal, 2007
Previously, in those segments of America where "proper" behavior was valued, tattoos and body piercings were examples of what Goffman identified as "stigma"--they spoiled one's identity. Today, tattoos and piercings have become more mainstream. This study reports the survey of 400 undergraduates at a large southeastern university. Regarding…
Descriptors: Females, Gender Differences, Males, Social Attitudes
Teacher Candidate Fashion, Tattoos, and Piercings: Finding Balance and Common Sense
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Colbert, Ron – Childhood Education, 2008
The season of new buds and blossoms also signals fashion changes in the college classroom. Shorts, short skirts, tees, muscle tops, underwear exposed by low-rise pants, hospital scrubs, and flip-flops appear. With the advent of warm weather, women's clothing style can be tight and/or revealing. Jewelry and accessories become more visible. Today,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Role Models, Social Attitudes, Clothing