Primary data on the study "When personality gets under the skin"
Personality PsychologyAuthors(s) / Creator(s)
Weiler, Selina M.Jacobsen, Thomas
Abstract
Do individuals modify their bodies in order to be unique? The present study sought to investigate need for uniqueness (NfU) subcomponents as possible motives for modifying one’s body. To this end, the study obtained information from 312 participants about their NfU (using the German NfU-G global scale and three sub-scales) and their body modifications (tattoos, piercings, and extreme body modifications such as tongue splitting). By analyzing the three subcomponents of NfU, the study was able to investigate the differential relationship of the sub-scales with the outcome measures, which facilitated a fine-grained understanding of the NfU–body-modification relationship. The study found that tattooed, pierced, and extreme-body-modified individuals had higher NfU-G scores than individuals without body modifications. Moreover, it seemed that individuals with tattoos took a social component into consideration while lacking concern regarding others’ reaction toward their tattoos, although not wanting to cause affront. Pierced and extreme-body-modified individuals, contrarily, tended to display a propensity to actively flout rules and not worry about others’ opinions on their modifications. However, although statistically significant, the effect size (d) for the NfU-G differences in the tattooed and pierced participants’ mean scores was small to medium in all three subcomponents. The extreme-body-modified group presented medium and medium to large effects. Further, the study observed that the number of body modifications increased with an increasing NfU in tattooed and pierced individuals. These findings demonstrated multifaceted interrelations between the NfU, its subcomponents, and the three kinds of body modifications investigated in the present study.
Persistent Identifier
https://doi.org/10.5160/psychdata.wrsa20pr05Year of Publication
2021Funding
Citation
Study Description
Research Questions/Hypotheses:
Research Design:
Fully Standardized Survey Instrument (provides question formulation and answer options); single measurement
Measurement Instruments/Apparatus:
Gender Distribution:
62.18% female participants
37.5% male participants
Age Distribution: 18-66 years
Spatial Coverage (Country/Region/City): Germany
Data Collection Method:
Data collection in the presence of an experimenter
- Computer-aided
Population:
German-speaking population
Survey Time Period:
Sample:
Subject Recruitment:
Sample Size:
312 individuals
Return/Drop Out:
MD5: 512ab6ebe5f6980f50c4786437b66955
Position | Name | Label | Valid Values | Missing Values |
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1
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LFDN
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participant number
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1-405 "sequential participant number"
|
-77 "missing value: not specified"
|
2
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EXTERNAL_LFDN
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external lfdn
|
0 "only one EFS-survey project"
|
-77 "missing value: not specified"
|
3
|
TESTER
|
tester
|
0 "no tester"
1 "tester"
|
-77 "missing value: not specified"
|
4
|
DISPCODE
|
disposition code
|
10 "Consent seen (10)"
11 "Not yet invited (11)"
12 "Invited (12)"
13 "Inactive (13)"
14 "Email undeliverable (14)"
15 "Unavailable (15)"
16 "Reserved 1 (16)"
17 "Reserved 2 (17)"
18 "Custom unavailable 1 (18)"
19 "Custom unavailable 2 (19)"
20 "Not yet started (20)"
21 "Currently responding (21)"
22 "Interrupted (22)"
23 "Resumed (23)"
31 "Finished (31)"
32 "Finished after interruption (32)"
33 "User defined finished 1 (33)"
34 "User defined terminated 2 (34)"
35 "Rejected on login (quota full) (35)"
36 "Rejected (quota full) (36)"
37 "Screened out (37)"
38 "User-defined screened out (38)"
39 "User defined screened out (39)"
40 "User defined screened out (40)"
|
-77 "missing value: not specified"
|
5
|
LASTPAGE
|
last page
|
string "Page ID of the last participant displayed page"
|
0 "missing value: survey not properly completed"
|
6
|
QUALITY
|
quality
|
0-1 "Response quality based on the quality correction"
|
-77 "missing value: not specified"
|
7
|
DURATION
|
time to complete survey
|
-1-3712 "time to complete survey in seconds"
|
-77 "missing value: not specified"
|
8
|
V_1
|
Item 1 of the NfU-G scale
|
1 "Do not agree at all"
2 "Strongly disagree"
3 "Partly/partly"
4 "Strongly agree"
5 "Completely agree"
|
-77 "missing value: not specified"
|
9
|
V_2
|
Item 2 of the NfU-G scale (inverted item)
|
1 "Do not agree at all"
2 "Strongly disagree"
3 "Partly/partly"
4 "Strongly agree"
5 "Completely agree"
|
-77 "missing value: not specified"
|
10
|
V_3
|
Item 3 of the NfU-G scale (inverted item)
|
1 "Do not agree at all"
2 "Strongly disagree"
3 "Partly/partly"
4 "Strongly agree"
5 "Completely agree"
|
-77 "missing value: not specified"
|