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The phantasmatic mind and the superstitious parts of the tattooed body

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dc.contributor.authorDias, Maria do Rosário
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Ana
dc.contributor.authorPires, Maria Calejo
dc.contributor.authorNunes, Inês
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Maria do Rosário
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-19T11:05:04Z
dc.date.available2020-10-19T11:05:04Z
dc.date.issued2020-01
dc.descriptionThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.pt_PT
dc.description.abstractTattoos have presently become works of art and body accessories, serving as anchors that help to solidify a sense of Self. The present exploratory and qualitative study aimed at understanding the mental representation of the skin in tattooed individuals and the role that tattoos play as a vehicle for the projected identity of the Self. The studied sample consisted of 387 individuals from both genders (146 males and 241 females), aged 16 to 72 years with exposed tattoos, who were invited to produce two self-portraits and a written answer on whether they had experienced any form of discrimination due to their tattooed body. We then proceeded to the content analysis of the 774 collected pictorial drawings, using a grid featuring analytical categories purposely conceived for this study. The results revealed that the self-portraits drawn before the subjects were tattooed showed less body investment than those drawn afterwards. However, the mental representation of the self-portraits drawn after the subjects were tattooed showed a fragmented idea of the body - only the body part that was tattooed was pictorially represented. Additionally, they were associated to a state of happiness (e.g. smile, movement, flexibility, freedom) and to a personal valorization.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationMaria Do Rosário Dias., et al. “The Phantasmatic Mind and the Superstitious Parts of the Tattooed Body”. EC Psychology and Psychiatry 9.2 (2020): 01-07.pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/33628
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherECroniconpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.ecronicon.com/ecpp/the-phantasmatic-mind-and-the-superstitious-parts-of-the-tattooed-body.phppt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectTattoospt_PT
dc.subjectMental Representationpt_PT
dc.subjectBody Imagept_PT
dc.subjectIdentitypt_PT
dc.subjectBody Artpt_PT
dc.titleThe phantasmatic mind and the superstitious parts of the tattooed bodypt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage7pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleEC Psychology and Psychiatrypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume9(2)pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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