Essay On Binge Brinking
Next, I looked at the relationships between numbers of tattoos in relation to the above behaviours. Binge drinking showed a rise between having no tattoos up until having three with a difference of 8.8%; however, a dramatic drop occurred after that which showed that there were 7.6% more individuals without tattoos who engaged in binge drinking when compared to those with four plus tattoos. This could be due to a number of factors, including participants in Koch et al.’s study having different ideas of what binge drinking was, dishonest responses, or other variables that went unmentioned in the study (Koch. et al., 2010). In regards to marijuana, with one tattoo the number of users increased 16.6%, and remained around 29.3% with the progression of tattoo number. The only consistent measure with tattoos was number of sexual partners, the most dramatic being those who reported to have been with more than nine partners. 8.8% of individuals without tattoos and 42.9% of those with four or more tattoos responded they had been with nine or more partners in the last year, which makes for a difference of 34.1% (Koch. et al., 2010).
The last form of adornment looked at, intimate piercings, showed the most consistency; those with intimate piercings were more likely to participate in all these behaviours. …show more content…
Why is it that bodily-adorned individuals seem to differ in these secondary behaviours when compared to those who have refrained from decorating their bodies? Gordon Forbes provides a potential answer, though perhaps maybe not as straightforward as some would like. Forbes’ research into family experience, motives, and personality begins by backing up Koch et al.’s findings, stating that “those with modifications were more reckless and risk-taking, drunk more often, and used marijuana more often (Forbes,
The last form of adornment looked at, intimate piercings, showed the most consistency; those with intimate piercings were more likely to participate in all these behaviours. …show more content…
Why is it that bodily-adorned individuals seem to differ in these secondary behaviours when compared to those who have refrained from decorating their bodies? Gordon Forbes provides a potential answer, though perhaps maybe not as straightforward as some would like. Forbes’ research into family experience, motives, and personality begins by backing up Koch et al.’s findings, stating that “those with modifications were more reckless and risk-taking, drunk more often, and used marijuana more often (Forbes,