The Relationship Between the Level of Openness and Body Arts

Abstract

Although people are becoming more accepting of various things as society develops, when it comes to body art, people always talk about it in the same breath as sex, crime, and even drug use. Tattoo and piercing art has developed more and more styles and forms, but people are still not less prejudiced by their prevalence to de-stigmatize people's opinion of body art. This research aims to determine the relationship between one's level of openness and body arts to show that body arts is a way to express personality. The study was conducted to find whether the higher levels of openness would influence one's attitude and the extent to do body arts. Data was collected by Saucier's abbreviated version of the big five personality test and multiple choice and short answer question type about body arts. The research did not show an apparent relationship between the high level of openness and the practice of doing body arts. However, it indicates that people with high openness are more receptive to body arts.