Antakya State Hospital of Obstetrics and Child Care, Child Psychiatry Clinic, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey.
Community Ment Health J. 2012 Dec;48(6):798-803. doi: 10.1007/s10597-012-9509-y. Epub 2012 Mar 22.
We aimed to investigate the association of psychopathology with tattooing and body piercing among adolescents in Istanbul by means of self-report questionnaires. Tenth, eleventh and twelfth grade students from 2 high schools in Istanbul with a total number of 607 participated in the study. The Youth Self Report, Children's Depression Inventory and a detailed semi-structured inquiry assessing tattooing, body piercing and some psychiatric and psychosocial variables were administered to the students. The prevalence of tattooing and body piercing were 4.8 and 7 %, respectively. The adolescents with tattooing and body piercing were found to have a higher frequency of alcohol and drug use, smoking, going to bars/night clubs and lower school grades when compared to those without tattooing and body piercing. Externalizing problems, mainly delinquent and aggressive behaviours were more prominent in the adolescents with tattooing and body piercing. Tattooing and body piercing in adolescents may be indicative of mental health risks.
我们旨在通过自报问卷的方式，调查伊斯坦布尔青少年的精神病理学与纹身和穿孔之间的关联。研究对象是伊斯坦布尔两所高中的十年级、十一年级和十二年级学生，共计 607 人。我们向学生发放了青少年自我报告量表、儿童抑郁量表以及一份详细的半结构化调查，以评估纹身、穿孔以及一些精神科和心理社会变量。纹身和穿孔的流行率分别为 4.8%和 7%。与没有纹身和穿孔的青少年相比，有纹身和穿孔的青少年更频繁地使用酒精和毒品、吸烟、去酒吧/夜总会，且学习成绩更低。有纹身和穿孔的青少年更突出的是外在问题，主要是犯罪和攻击行为。青少年纹身和穿孔可能表明存在心理健康风险。
