Tattooed People Are More Angry And Rebellious - Study

According to a new study, tattoos people have very high tendency to be more angry and rebellious than people without any tat. A report in The Guardian has it that Professor Viren Swami of Anglia Ruskin University United Kingdom, surveyed 378 adults from London about the tattoos they have.
They were questioned on four dispositional traits of aggression, including physical, verbal, anger and hostility, while rebelliousness was categorized into proactive and reactive.
 
Researchers found that adults who have tattoos had a higher reactive rebelliousness than those that didn’t and also found that they scored higher in verbal aggression and anger. “One explanation is that people who have higher reactive rebelliousness may respond to disappointing and frustrating events by getting tattooed,” Swami told The Guardian. “That is, when these individuals experience a negative emotional event, they may be more likely to react by pursuing an act that is seen as defiant.
 
The act of tattooing is perceived as rebellious, or more generally tattoos themselves can signify defiance or dissent.” Swami added that there were no “significant differences” in proactive rebelliousness among tattooed and non-tattooed adults.
“It is possible that this form of rebelliousness, which is hedonistic and goal-driven, is at odds with the pain and permanence of tattoos,” Swami told The Guardian.
 
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention USA, 21% of U.S. adults have a tattoo. The study is set to be published in the journal Body Image. CBS Atlanta

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