Are tattooing and body piercing indicators of risk-taking behaviours among high school students?

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 379-393

  Deschesnes, Marthe ^a   Finès, Philippe ^a   Demers, Stéphanie ^a  

^a Public Health Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body piercing; Risk taking behaviours; Substance use; Tattooing; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MODIFICATION; BODY PIERCING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PEER GROUP; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TATTOOING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY PIERCING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; TATTOOING;

EID: 33646772200     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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