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Sensation Seeking

2017
Sensation seeking is a biologically based personality trait that is characterized by the need to seek a variety of sensations and experiences and the willingness to take risks to achieve them. There is a large volume of literature on sensation seeking that delineates important conceptual and operational distinctions, including several prominent ...
Giannini, M., LOSCALZO, YURA
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The Psychophysiology of Sensation Seeking

Journal of Personality, 1990
ABSTRACT This article summarizes studies relating the trait of sensation seeking to electrodermal and heart‐rate responses and cortical evoked potential arousal Stimulus factors of novelty, intensity, and stimulus significance are important High sensation seekers tend to give stronger physiological orienting responses than lows to novel stimuli ...
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Development of a sensation-seeking scale.

Journal of Consulting Psychology, 1964
This article reports the development of a Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) designed to quantify the construct: “optimal stimulation level.” Items were written, using the construct as a guide, and given to undergraduates. The items were factor analyzed.
Marvin Zuckerman   +3 more
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A Short Sensation-Seeking Scale

Psychological Reports, 1987
Four studies examined the reliability and validity of a short form of Zuckerman's Sensation Seeking Scale. The short form demonstrated high retest reliability ( r = .78), correlated with drug- and sex-related behavior to the same extent as longer forms, gave higher scores for men than for women (as do the longer forms), and correlated .78 with Form V ...
D B, Madsen   +3 more
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Relation of Transliminality and Sensation Seeking

Psychological Reports, 2002
The Revised Transliminality Scale and Zuckerman's Sensation Seeking Scale (Form V) were administered to 83 psychology undergraduates. Weak positive correlations suggested that participants scoring high on the Transliminality Scale tended to be more experience seeking and, overall, more inclined to score sensation seeking.
Thalbourne, Michael Anthony   +1 more
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Seeking Sensations

2023
<p><strong>Inspired by the personal experience of an intense architectural atmosphere at Teshima Art Museum in Japan, this thesis looks to explore the complexities which come together to create a highly impactful and serene atmosphere which transcends ordinary sensations to connect a person with nature and their place in it.
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Sensation Seeking and Pathological Gambling

British Journal of Addiction, 1986
SummaryZuckerman's Sensation Seeking Scale, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the Spielberger's State‐ Trait Anxiety Inventory were administered to 51 pathological gamblers seeking treatment to investigate the hypothesis that arousal associated with gambling was related to a general sensation seeking personality trait.Pathological gamblers as ...
A P, Blaszczynski   +2 more
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Sensation seeking and error processing

Psychophysiology, 2014
AbstractSensation seeking is defined by a strong need for varied, novel, complex, and intense stimulation, and a willingness to take risks for such experience. Several theories propose that the insensitivity to negative consequences incurred by risks is one of the hallmarks of sensation‐seeking behaviors.
Ya, Zheng   +3 more
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Correlates of Sensation Seeking in Alcoholics

International Journal of the Addictions, 1985
Alcoholics differentiated on the basis of their scores on the Sensation-Seeking Scale were found to differ markedly in their use of other psychoactive drugs, in the number and type of reinforcers given in the Reinforcer List, on some of their self-reported reasons for drinking, and in age.
M, Galizio   +2 more
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Sensation seeking and e-shoppers

Electronic Commerce Research, 2008
The concept of sensation seeking has been extensively researched. However, a few studies have been carried out on the relationship between sensation seeking and e-commerce. More specifically, it studied the purchase of leisure products, which usually have a higher frequency of purchase on the Internet.
Jesús Manuel López-Bonilla   +1 more
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