1991
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1991.tb00674.x
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Career‐oriented Women with Tattoos

Abstract: Almost 50 percent of all tattoos are being done on women, many of whom are counselors, nurses, doctors, lawyers and business managers. Career-oriented women (N = 137) who had tattoos for at least six months were surveyed in a national study. Consequences associated with the unconventional, permanent product--purchase risk (pain, expense, inexperience), possession risk (self, family and general society response) and health risks--were examined. Women obtained tattoos as an expression of individuality. Almost no… Show more

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“…Several studies over the last couple of years show there is an increasing rate of getting tattoo among the people from all types of ages, occupations, social classes, gender [19] and major representations were from high school adolescents and college students [20]. As Per Bell [21], tattooing is "sometimes struggle for individualization in a society".…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Several studies over the last couple of years show there is an increasing rate of getting tattoo among the people from all types of ages, occupations, social classes, gender [19] and major representations were from high school adolescents and college students [20]. As Per Bell [21], tattooing is "sometimes struggle for individualization in a society".…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Apesar de existirem indicações de que o uso de tatuagem tem sido mais frequente nos dias de hoje (Armstrong, 1991;Hawkes et al, 2004), ao menos no Brasil isso não impede que as pessoas, inclusive estudantes universitários que têm presumivelmente uma orientação mais universal e mente aberta (Henrich et al, 2010), apresentem atitudes mais tendentes a negativas frente a usar tatuagem. Talvez pelo contexto igualitário promovido na Universidade, com papéis similares entre os estudantes, homens e mulheres não se diferenciaram em suas atitudes frente a esse tipo de modificação corporal, mas sim foi preponderante o tipo de curso.…”
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“…Entretanto, constata-se que, em termos numéricos, a prevalência dos estudos tem sido notória no âmbito da saúde, em áreas como enfermagem e medicina (Armstrong, 1991;Armstrong, DeBoer, & Cetta, 2008;Armstrong & Murphy, 1997;Lick, Edoize, Woodside, & Conti, 2005;Satchithananda, Walsh, & Schofield, 2001;Shebani, Miles, Simmons, & De Giovanni, 2007). Nesse contexto, têm sido tratados, principalmente, temas relacionados com cuidados mé-dicos (prevenção e complicações, por exemplo).…”
Section: O Uso De Tatuagem Como Objeto De Estudounclassified
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