Correlations of religious belief and practice with college students' tattoo-related behavior

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 425-430

  Koch, Jerome R ^a   Roberts, Alden E ^a   Armstrong, Myrna L ^b   Owen, Donna C ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STUDENT; TATTOOING; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENTS; TATTOOING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 2942648764     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.2.425-430     Document Type: Article

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