My personality led me to engage in body art: Dark triad a predictor of body art

Added Title

Dark triad and body art.

Date of Publication

2016

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts Major in Psychology

Subject Categories

Psychology

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Abstract/Summary

The focus of this research is to examine the Dark Triad personality namely Psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and Narcissism in relation to Body Art among college students in the Philippines. Body Art, mainly tattoos and piercings, have been increasingly accepted in today's society. The researchers of the study aimed to discover whether the traits of the Dark Triad personality predict an individual's engagement in body art. The researchers conducted a survey consisting of 79 students (44 male and 35 female) all studying in universities around Metro Manila. The researchers used D3-short survey (Paulhus & Jones, 2011) to assess the Dark Triad personalities and the ink count and piercing test, a non-standardized test for body art. The researchers found out that both Psychopathy and Machivellianism showed significant results in the study, Psychopathy being a positive predictor and Machiavellism being a negative predictor. However, it was found out in the study that although Narcissim is a positively correlated to Body Art, the results showed that it does not predict the engagement in Body Art.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU12762

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

iii, 48 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Keywords

Body art--Philippines; Tattooing--Philippines; Body piercing--Philippines; Machiavellianism (Psychology)--Philippines; Narcissism-- Philippines; Dark triad and body art

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