Tattooing: An expression of uniqueness in the appearance domain

Body Image

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 309-315

  Tiggemann, Marika ^a   Golder, Fleur ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appearance schemas; Need for distinctive appearance; Need for uniqueness; Tattooing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847263733     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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