College students with tattoos and piercings: Motives, family experiences, personality factors, and perception by others

Psychological Reports

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 774-786

  Forbes, Gordon B ^a  

^a MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; TATTOOING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STUDENTS; TATTOOING;

EID: 0035752394     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.89.3.774     Document Type: Article

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