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Journal of Behavioral and Neuroscience Research 2005, Vol. 3 (NEURON Special Issue) © 2005 The College of Saint Rose POSTER ABSTRACT Piercings and Tattoos and Their Relationship to Self-Esteem Piotr Wisniewski Hunter College, CUNY Discourse on piercings and tattoos says that piercings and tattoos are forms of self-expression which aid people in developing their sense of identity, selfconcept and aid personal growth. However, two studies that have tried to establish a positive relationship between piercings and tattoos, and self-esteem failed to do so. This study ultimately attempted to find a positive relationship between piercings and tattoos and self esteem. This cross-sectional study used a 38 question - multiple choice and fill in the blank questionnaire, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale as its measure of self-esteem. A total of 188 men and women made up the convenience sample which came from three sources, Hunter College students and faculty, n=156, Unimax, piercing and tattoo supply shop, and Sacred Tattoo, piercing and tattoo parlor, n=22, and chance and personal acquaintances, n=10. The Unimax sample showed the highest positive relationship between the amount of piercings a person has and their self-esteem, r= .464, and between the amount of tattoos a person has and their self-esteem, r= .159. However, the Pearson coefficients for this same relationship, for the different samples, and different operational definitions of piercings ranged from r= - .243 to r= .464, and for tattoos between r= -.083 and r= .159, depending on the way the data was analyzed. All of these results showed to be statistically insignificant, however the Unimax sample approached significance at a two-tailed percent error of .061. A very strong experimenter bias was present, and the researcher engaged in data mining, looking at all different ways in which a positive relationship can be found, and therefore the findings are biased and inconclusive, and more research on the subject is needed.