title: Correlates of tattoos and reference groups.
abstract: 520 college students from a public university in the southwest were questioned to examine correlations between having a tattoo and the presence of tattoos among their family and friends. Tattoos among both friends and family were positively correlated with respondents' having a tattoo. The magnitude of friends' influence was about double the influence of family.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Box 41012, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
authors.forename: Alden E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Jerome R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: Myrna L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: Donna C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Owen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012925:Social Conformity; D012933:Social Identification; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013653:Tattooing / Q000523:psychology*