Study restores link between tattoos and anger

People who have tattoos report higher levels of verbal aggression and reactive rebelliousness - and the more tattoos they have, the angrier they are

When it emerged that Samantha Cameron, the wife of the prime minister, had an image of a dolphin etched on her ankle, it seemed the link between tattoos, aggression and rebellion had been well and truly severed.

But research has found that people with tattoos report higher levels of verbal aggression, anger and rebelliousness. And the more tattoos they have, it found, the more angry and rebellious they are.