Beer-Ya'akov-Ness Ziona Mental Health Center, Forensic Psychiatry Division, Ness Ziona, Israel.
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
PLoS One. 2019 Jan 25;14(1):e0206411. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206411. eCollection 2019.
Available evidence regarding the reasons for people to acquire body markers such as tattoos is contradictory. The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between self-esteem and body image in young women with tattoos. To this end, the repertory grid technique (RGT) was adapted and used to assess differences between women with and without tattoos in terms of self-esteem and body image. Sixty young women with tattoos and sixty young women without (all aged 18-35 years), performed the Color RGT in order to evaluate the relationship between self-esteem and body image. Compared to women without tattoos, women with tattoos showed significantly lower self-esteem and displayed stronger relationships between three constructs: ideal body, ideal self and tattooed woman status. No significant differences in body image were detected between the two groups. Women with tattoos were characterized by an association between body image and self-esteem, while women without tattoos did not display such a correlation. Thus, it appears that links between self-esteem, ideal body, ideal self and constructs of "woman with tattoos" may play a role in tattooing behavior in young women.
目前关于人们为何会选择身体标记（如纹身）的证据存在矛盾。本研究旨在调查有纹身的年轻女性的自尊和身体意象之间的关系。为此，采用了纲要格技术（RGT）来评估有纹身和无纹身女性在自尊和身体意象方面的差异。60 名有纹身的年轻女性和 60 名无纹身的年轻女性（年龄均为 18-35 岁）进行了颜色 RGT，以评估自尊和身体意象之间的关系。与无纹身的女性相比，有纹身的女性自尊明显较低，并且在三个结构之间存在更强的关系：理想身体、理想自我和纹身女性身份。两组之间的身体意象没有差异。有纹身的女性的身体意象和自尊之间存在关联，而无纹身的女性则没有这种关联。因此，在年轻女性的纹身行为中，自尊、理想身体、理想自我和“纹身女性”的结构之间的联系似乎发挥了作用。
