Date of Award
12-1972
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
C. Raymond Millimet
Second Advisor
Kenneth A. Deffenbacher
Abstract
Tattooing has evolved into something less than an art, particularity in western cultures, and has lost its original dignity and original significance as well (Abramson,1931). As a result, there has been a great deal of conjecture concerning the psychodynaraics of tattooing (Edgerton & Dingman,1963; Hamburger,1966; Hamburger & Lacovara,1963). The present study was an attempt to investigate the psychodynamics of tattooing through the use of one measure of anxiety and two measures of body image with tattooed and nontattooed individuals. The techniques employed were the Secord (1953) Homonym Word Association Test, the Secord-Jourard (1953) Body Cathexis Scale, and the Taylor (1953) Manifest Anxiety Scale.
Recommended Citation
Habeger, Terry L., "Anxiety and Body Image in Tattooed and Nontattooed Military Prisoners" (1972). Student Work. 171.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/studentwork/171
Comments
A Thesis Presented to the Department of Psychology and the Faculty of the Graduate College University of Nebraska at Omaha In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts.