What Do You Think about Ink?
Faculty Sponsor(s)
Tanya Tompkins, Megan Kozak Williams, & Kay Livesay
Subject Area
Psychology
Description
Using a modified IAT, we examined both implicit and explicit attitudes toward tattooed individuals. Participants demonstrated a negative implicit bias toward tattoos. Correlations between implicit and explicit measures were mixed, suggesting the benefit of assessing implicit and explicit attitudes.
Recommended Citation
Roberts, Patricia; Chan, Kin Leong; Tompkins, Tanya; Williams, Megan Kozak; and Livesay, Kay, "What Do You Think about Ink?" (2015). Linfield University Student Symposium: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Achievement. Event. Submission 3.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/symposium/2015/all/3
What Do You Think about Ink?
Using a modified IAT, we examined both implicit and explicit attitudes toward tattooed individuals. Participants demonstrated a negative implicit bias toward tattoos. Correlations between implicit and explicit measures were mixed, suggesting the benefit of assessing implicit and explicit attitudes.