Ink and Identity: Personality perceptions based on tattoos

2025/06/15 by Brooke Soulliere, William J. Chopik, Alejandro Carrillo +4 · 1 voice
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies #Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology #Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104629

openalex publication_date 2025/06/15 · crossref created 2025/06/15 · crossref issued 2025/08/01 · crossref published 2025/08/01 · crossref published-print 2025/08/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref deposited 2026/05/16 · crossref indexed 2026/05/16 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15

Citations

• Differences in personality characteristics between body‐modified and non‐modified individuals: associations with individual personality traits and their possible evolutionary implications
• The international personality item pool and the future of public-domain personality measures

Discussions

• 🔑 Main takeaways: ✔️ People DO judge you based on your tattoos ✔️ They tend to agree on their impressions ✔️ But they're mostly wrong 🤷‍♂️ ✔️ …unless you're really, really wacky…then they might gue [bsky, 2 points, 1 comments]