On Teenagers and Tattoos
By Dr. Andr?s Martin
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 5, Number 3, 1998, Pages 10-12
Abstract:
Dr. Andr?s Martin of the Yale Child Study Center explore some of the motivations and significance for adolescents around tattoos and piercings. Dr. Martin feels that exploring the motivations around tattooing can help in resolving differences and may even become a novel and additional way of getting to know teenagers.
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This article can be found in the issue:
Tattooing and Body Piercing
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 5, Number 3, 1998
The perceptions of tattooed and body-pierced youngsters being at-risk, sexually active, and exhibiting rebellion do not necessarily apply anymore. What adults might perceive as rebellion, for youth may be personal statements of self-identity and body art.
This issue also featured these articles:
- • Adolescent Body Piercing, Pages 7-10
- • Adolescent Tattooing, Pages 1-4
- • Erasing the Tag of Gang Membership: The D-TAG Program, Pages 6-7
- • On Teenagers and Tattoos, Pages 10-12
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