Tattoos and piercings: Bodily expressions of uniqueness?

Body Image

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-250

  Tiggemann, Marika ^a   Hopkins, Louise A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appearance investment; Body modification; Body piercing; Need for uniqueness; Tattoos

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY PIERCING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TATTOOING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY PIERCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MUSIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TATTOOING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959375861     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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