Tattoos and Piercings
Tiggemann, M., Hopkins, A.L. (2011). Tattoos and piercings: Bodily expressions of uniqueness? Body Image, 8(3), 245-250. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.03.007
Abbey, E., & Davis, P. C. (2003). Constructing one’s identity through music. In I. J. Josephs (Ed.), Dialogicality in development (pp. 69–86). Westport, CT: Praeger/Greenwood.
Tiggemann & Hopkins (2011) investigated the motivations that influence people to modify their bodies with tattoos and piercings. Previous research has set out to examine the reasons and motivations for body modification and how it influences uniqueness (Abbey & Davis, 2003). Yet, the research fails to take into accountability how the degree of visibility and size influence uniqueness. The current research assessed how what factors (i.e. need for uniqueness, appearance investment, and need for distinctive appearance) influence motivation for tattoos and piercings. The current researchers believed that people with body modifications (i.e. tattoos and piercings) would show higher needs for uniqueness than people without body modifications, have show higher investment in their appearance, and have a distinct appearance than people with less visible tattoos.
Participants were comprised of Australian adults who were randomly recruited from a music store. The participants were split into groups: Tattooed Participants/Pierced Participants. Within both groups, the participants were categorized as: Visible tattoos/ Non- Visible tattoos and Ear piecing only/ Body and Facial Piercings. Participants were given questionnaires to measure identifiability to music, tattoo and piercing extent (quantity, size, location, and what it was), reason for tattoos and piercings, need for uniqueness, appearance, and distinction.
The researchers discovered that participants in the tattooed/visible group had higher needs for uniqueness than participants with non visible or no tattoos. Participants in the pierced ear only/visible group had lower needs
Abbey, E., & Davis, P. C. (2003). Constructing one’s identity through music. In I. J. Josephs (Ed.), Dialogicality in development (pp. 69–86). Westport, CT: Praeger/Greenwood.
Tiggemann & Hopkins (2011) investigated the motivations that influence people to modify their bodies with tattoos and piercings. Previous research has set out to examine the reasons and motivations for body modification and how it influences uniqueness (Abbey & Davis, 2003). Yet, the research fails to take into accountability how the degree of visibility and size influence uniqueness. The current research assessed how what factors (i.e. need for uniqueness, appearance investment, and need for distinctive appearance) influence motivation for tattoos and piercings. The current researchers believed that people with body modifications (i.e. tattoos and piercings) would show higher needs for uniqueness than people without body modifications, have show higher investment in their appearance, and have a distinct appearance than people with less visible tattoos.
Participants were comprised of Australian adults who were randomly recruited from a music store. The participants were split into groups: Tattooed Participants/Pierced Participants. Within both groups, the participants were categorized as: Visible tattoos/ Non- Visible tattoos and Ear piecing only/ Body and Facial Piercings. Participants were given questionnaires to measure identifiability to music, tattoo and piercing extent (quantity, size, location, and what it was), reason for tattoos and piercings, need for uniqueness, appearance, and distinction.
The researchers discovered that participants in the tattooed/visible group had higher needs for uniqueness than participants with non visible or no tattoos. Participants in the pierced ear only/visible group had lower needs