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The psychological profile of young people and tattoo changes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

D.B. Krasic ,
M.L. Mitic ,
J.S. Kostic ,
N.M. Ilic  and
M.Z. Rankovic
D.B. Krasic
Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mental Health Clinic, Serbia
M.L. Mitic
Affiliation:
Clinical of Mental Health, Clinical Center Nis, Serbia
J.S. Kostic
Affiliation:
Clinical of Mental Health, Clinical Centre Nis, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia
N.M. Ilic
Affiliation:
Clinical of Mental Health, Clinical Centre Nis, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia
M.Z. Rankovic
Affiliation:
Clinical of Mental Health, Clinical Centre Nis, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia

Abstract

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Adolescence is a developing period on the way of forming the final identity. The core of it is the physical identity, which is the starting point and whose expression is the mirror of its internal being. Tattoos, offered as a part of fashion trend, are accepted by a great number of young people, but on the other side, many people remain distant in relation to them.

The aim of work

Research carried out for determining the specificities of the psycho-social profile of adolescents with tattoos.

Materials and methods

Research carried out on 80 adolescents of the age between 16 and 25 years, both sexes…A questionnaire with demographical data was used for the research, PIE (profile index of emotions Plucik), battery of the tests CON4.

Results

Adolescents with a greater number of tattoos (2 or more) manifest a higher aggression, low frustration tolerance and impulsiveness, social disinhibition and they are emotionally without social fears, unpleasantness and shame. Young people with one tattoo don’t have a different profile, but a need of satisfying fashion trends and solving their developing uncertainties and depressiveness.

Conclusion

Young people with tattoos have a specific psycho-social profile, and a great number of tattoos is a screening for indicating behavioral disorders.

Type
P01-313
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 315
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association2011
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