Health risks, medical complications and negative social implications associated with adolescent tattoo and body piercing practices

Vanston, Deborah C.; Scott, James M.

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“…Correlates also involve decreased psychosocial health (Nathanson, Paulhus, & Williams, 2006;Roberti & Storch, 2005), increased sensation seeking and risk taking (Swami, 2012), eating disorders (Preti et al, 2006), increased self-cutting (Stirn & Hinz, 2008), and even suicide (Vanston & Scott, 2008). Despite the negative correlates of tattoos, many tattooed adolescents tend to regard their tattoos as body art and as expressions of their identity.…”

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“…Getting a tattoo is a risk-taking activity that has potential medical, physical, and social implications (Vanston & Scott 2008). The prevailing literature has defined tattoos as deviant, a "set of complementary group practices coalescing SAGE Open around a shared set of outsider ideologies, activities and representational preferences" (Atkinson, 2004, p. 128).…”

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“…Negative effects of having a tattoo include social stigma and discrimination (Goffman, 1963;Vanston & Scott, 2008). Intolerance of persons with visible tattoos remains prevalent in the workplace (Benton & DeRosa, 2002) and in the society at large (John Roberts, 2012); however, tattoos as art may be protected by the First Amendment (Porter, 2012).…”

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“…Many Americans who do not have tattoos regard persons with tattoos as more rebellious (57%), less attractive (42%), less sexy (36%), and less intelligent (31%; Sever, 2003). Women with tattoos have been stereotyped as heavy drinkers, promiscuous, and unattractive (Vanston & Scott, 2008).…”

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Evidence of Anticipatory Socialization Among Tattooed, Wannabe, and Non-Tattooed Adolescents

Dukes

Stein

2014

Sage Open

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In anticipatory socialization, individuals adopt norms and behaviors of reference groups before transitioning into them. We hypothesized that non-tattooed students who desired a tattoo (1,364 "wannabes") would report attitudes and behaviors between those of students who already had tattoos (429 tattooed) and respondents who neither had a tattoo nor wanted one (816 resistant students) in Grades 7 to 12 in an entire school district in Colorado. Tattooed respondents reported the lowest school attitudes and educational aspirations, and the most weapons possession, substance use, and delinquent behaviors. Resistant students reported the most prosocial attitudes and behaviors. Consistent with anticipatory socialization toward a more antisocial, tattooed reference group, wannabes reported attitudes and behaviors between resistant and tattooed students. A majority of respondents want a tattoo, so we recommend that school health curricula address health and stigma issues associated with tattoos.

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Evidence of Anticipatory Socialization Among Tattooed, Wannabe, and Non-Tattooed Adolescents

Dukes

Stein

2014

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“…When body art is discussed provide it factually, to the point, and believable, then move on to the emphasis of your information, that is on empowerment and self-esteem; content that will be more important to help students respect themselves as they have more confidence about their self-worth and health decisions (Vanston & Scott, 2008). As a health class project, the school nurse could work with the students to help them develop their own decision-making examples that could be applied to many situations, including body art.…”

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The Journal of School Nursing

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Using the major format identified for successful prevention and intervention work, five "W" questions: what, why, whom, where, and who, plus one: how, this article first summarizes the current body art literature. Then, educational strategies specifically regarding the topic of tattoos and body piercing are presented for school nurses. These strategies can be used to create applicable, realistic information for young students before they are faced with decisions related to body art. The school nurse might be the first and only credible source of information the students receive related to body art in an education/health environment. Curriculum emphasis is on the decision making leading up to the action, and the major purposes, rather than on the markings or jewelry associated with procurement. Reducing decisional conflict while promoting positive development in the areas of empowerment, self-esteem, and maturing can help achieve stronger informed decision making.

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Deviant Ink: A Meta-Analysis of Tattoos and Drug Use in General Populations

Dukes

2016

Deviant Behavior

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Health risks, medical complications and negative social implications associated with adolescent tattoo and body piercing practices

Cited by 5 publications

References 34 publications

Evidence of Anticipatory Socialization Among Tattooed, Wannabe, and Non-Tattooed Adolescents

Evidence of Anticipatory Socialization Among Tattooed, Wannabe, and Non-Tattooed Adolescents

Body Art Education

Deviant Ink: A Meta-Analysis of Tattoos and Drug Use in General Populations

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