TY - JOUR
T1 - College students, tattooing, and the health belief model
T2 - Extending social psychological perspectives on youth culture and deviance
AU - Koch, Jerome R.
AU - Roberts, Alden E.
AU - Cannon, Julie Harms
AU - Armstrong, Myrna L.
AU - Owen, Donna C.
PY - 2005/1
Y1 - 2005/1
N2 - This research extends social psychological models which have previously been used to explain tattooing behavior. We apply the Health Belief Model to the decision-making process by which young adults express interest in or obtain a tattoo. We examine the five components of the Health Belief Model with regard to the likelihood of being tattooed, being interested in tattoos, or obtaining a (or another) tattoo. Survey data were gathered from 520 undergraduate students at a large, public university in the southwest. Their responses show the Health Belief Model to be a significant predictor of this behavior among the students in our sample.
AB - This research extends social psychological models which have previously been used to explain tattooing behavior. We apply the Health Belief Model to the decision-making process by which young adults express interest in or obtain a tattoo. We examine the five components of the Health Belief Model with regard to the likelihood of being tattooed, being interested in tattoos, or obtaining a (or another) tattoo. Survey data were gathered from 520 undergraduate students at a large, public university in the southwest. Their responses show the Health Belief Model to be a significant predictor of this behavior among the students in our sample.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=27844574243&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/027321790500121
DO - 10.1080/027321790500121
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:27844574243
SN - 0273-2173
VL - 25
SP - 79
EP - 102
JO - Sociological Spectrum
JF - Sociological Spectrum
IS - 1
ER -