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Sensation seeking and psychopathology

Psychiatry Research, 1979
A sample of 2,115 persons responded to an article in a popular magazine by taking the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) and supplying personal information by mail, including data about past treatment, hospitalization, and diagnosis of psychiatric disorders. Subjects falling into certain diagnostic categories were closely matched with controls from the same
M, Zuckerman, M, Neeb
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Sensation Seeking

PTT - Persönlichkeitsstörungen: Theorie und Therapie, 2020
Sensation Seeking beschreibt das Streben nach intensiven und stimulierenden Erfahrungen. Bei der Konzeptualisierung von Sensation Seeking als indirekte Selbstschadigung wird der Zusammenhang mit der erhohten Bereitschaft zu Risikoverhalten betont.
Andrea Wyssen, Michael Kaess
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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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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, Cochrane, Mary   +1 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, A K, Das, I, Bogen, E E, Grossman   +3 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 Estimation of Numerosity

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1987
In a sample of 81 subjects, significant negative correlations were obtained between scores on Zuckerman's Sensation Seeking Scale and estimates of numerosity. A cognitive view of sensation seeking was suggested, according to which high scores are a function of an underestimation of the amount of stimulation experienced and low scores a function of ...
N, Ginsburg, A T, Ksander
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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, Elizabeth A. Kolin, Leah Price, Ina Zoob   +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, L, Gerstenhaber, F, Friedensen   +2 more
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