title: Tattoos and ratings of personal characteristics.
abstract: High school and university students viewed a photograph of one woman either with or without a visible tattoo on her upper arm. They rated the woman on 13 personal characteristics (fashionable, athletic, attractive, caring, creative, determined, motivated, honest, generous, mysterious, religious, intelligent, artistic). Analyses showed ratings of the model with the tattoo were statistically significantly lower (more negative) on 9 of the 13 personal characteristics. Ratings were not associated with whether the participants had or did not have tattoos themselves. Implications for research are discussed, including the need to explore the conditions under which negative attitudes may be translated into negative behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Vanguard University of Southern California, Costa Mesa 92626, USA.
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Degelman
authors.forename: Nicole Deann
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013653:Tattooing / Q000523:psychology*