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Speaking through the Body: The Incidence of Self-Injury, Piercing, and Tattooing among College Students
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Aizenman, Marta; Jensen, Mary Ann Conover – Journal of College Counseling, 2007
Self-injurious behaviors were compared with tattooing and piercing in a college population. Findings indicate a high prevalence of self-injury. Students who self-injured were motivated by a desire to alleviate emotional pain; students who tattooed and pierced by self-expression. Students who self-injured scored higher than students who tattooed…
Descriptors: Incidence, Sexual Abuse, Depression (Psychology), Eating Disorders