Alexithymia in people with tattoos.

IF 1.4 4区 医学 Q3 ALLERGY
Postepy Dermatologii I Alergologii Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-02 DOI:10.5114/ada.2024.142593
Justyna Putek, Jacek C Szepietowski
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Abstract

Introduction: Tattoos are a form of body modifications. Alexithymia is a complex personality structure that includes emotional and cognitive deficits such as difficulty in recognizing and describing feelings.

Aim: To assess the prevalence of alexithymia among tattooed individuals. Moreover, we aimed to check if the type of tattoo is related to alexithymia.

Material and methods: This was a cross-sectional survey, conducted on 403 individuals from Poland. 200 of them had tattoos and were assigned to the study group, and 203 of them had no tattoos and were assigned to the control group.

Results: Most respondents (24%) had one tattoo. Most tattoos (29.8%) were situated on forearms and palms, had a plant motif (21.8%) and were done to express personality of the respondents (20.7%). In the research group 80 (19.9%) respondents were classified as alexithymic ones. Out of them, 47 (11.7%) individuals had tattoos and 33 (8.9%) belonged to the non-tattooed group. 35 (17.5%) respondents with non-verbal tattoos were screened as alexithymic while 12 (6%) individuals with verbal, personal tattoos were classified as alexithymic ones (p < 0.05). Twenty-two (11%) respondents who did their tattoos for psychological reasons and 25 (12.5%) individuals who did their tattoos for aesthetic reasons were classified as alexithymic (NS).

Conclusions: Subjects with tattoos should be regarded as a group with increased prevalence of alexithymia. Individuals with non-verbal tattoos had a higher tendency to be screened as alexithymic as alexithymic ones. Motivation for getting the tattoo does not seem to have a significant impact on the prevalence of alexithymia.

有纹身的人有述情障碍。
纹身是一种身体修饰的形式。述情障碍是一种复杂的人格结构,包括情感和认知缺陷,如难以识别和描述感觉。目的:了解文身人群述情障碍的患病率。此外,我们的目的是检查纹身的类型是否与述情障碍有关。材料和方法:这是一项横断面调查,对来自波兰的403人进行了调查,其中200人有纹身,被分配到研究组,203人没有纹身,被分配到对照组。结果:大多数受访者(24%)有一个纹身。大部分纹身位于前臂和手掌上(29.8%),其次是植物图案(21.8%),表现个性的纹身(20.7%)。在研究组中,80名(19.9%)受访者被归类为述情障碍者。其中,47人(11.7%)有纹身,33人(8.9%)属于非纹身组。有非语言文身者35人(17.5%)为述情型,有语言文身者12人(6%)为述情型(p < 0.05)。22名(11%)出于心理原因纹身的受访者和25名(12.5%)出于审美原因纹身的受访者被归类为述情障碍(NS)。结论:有纹身的受试者应被视为述情障碍患病率增加的群体。有非语言纹身的人比有述情纹身的人更容易被筛选为述情纹身者。纹身的动机似乎对述情障碍的患病率没有显著影响。
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CiteScore
2.60
自引率
7.10%
发文量
107
审稿时长
6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii is a bimonthly aimed at allergologists and dermatologists.
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