Personality differences between tattooed and non-tattooed individuals

Psychological Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-106

  Swami, Viren ^a,b   Pietschnig, Jakob ^c   Bertl, Bianca ^c   Nader, Ingo W ^c   Stieger, Stefan ^c   Voracek, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRIA; CHARACTER; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; TATTOOING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUSTRIA; CHARACTER; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SPIRITUALITY; TATTOOING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865808527     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/09.07.21.PR0.111.4.97-106     Document Type: Article

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