Body Modification and Self-Destructive Behavior in Adolescents: Psychological Manifestations

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10.2991/icpcs-19.2019.92How to use a DOI?

Keywords

adolescents, self-destructive behavior, body modification, psychological manifestations

Abstract

People change their bodies because of many reasons over many thousand years. Tattoo, piercing, and other types of body modifications have found a new life now. In present-day societies, tattoos and piercing are associated with risky behavior, alcohol and drug use in adolescents. The purpose of the study is to study the psychological manifestations of body modification and self-destructive behavior in adolescents. 86 boys and girls aged 14 to 18 attending socio-rehab center were examined by Mini-Mult (SMOL) and SOP questionnaires. It was revealed that body modifications in them are accompanied by tendencies to the use of alcohol, soft drugs and other psychoactive substances and by tendencies to different types of aggressive and autoaggressive behaviour. Adolescents who have body modifications are emotionally more unstable.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Natalia Maksimova
AU  - Evgeni Nikolaev
AU  - Svetlana Petunova
AU  - Anna Zakharova
AU  - Elena Lazareva
AU  - Galina Dulina
AU  - Nina Grigorieva
AU  - Elvira Baranova
AU  - Svetlana Velieva
PY  - 2019/05
DA  - 2019/05
TI  - Body Modification and Self-Destructive Behavior in Adolescents: Psychological Manifestations
BT  - Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Pedagogy, Communication and Sociology (ICPCS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 417
EP  - 420
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icpcs-19.2019.92
DO  - 10.2991/icpcs-19.2019.92
ID  - Maksimova2019/05
ER  -