Sensation seekers and civic participation: exploring the influence of sensation seeking and gender on intention to lead and volunteer

Purpose This paper aims to examine how exposure to sexual images activates the urge to yield to temptation in a subsequent unrelated context. Design/methodology/approach In Study 1, this paper uses empirical data based on an automobile expo to examine the correlational relationship between sexual imagery and indulgence. In Studies 2 and 3, this study examines the moderating effects of self-construal and gender differences on indulgent consumption, with different dependent measures. Study 4 distinguishes the sexual images into gratuitous sex and romantic love and tests the mediating role of sensation seeking. Findings For men, an independent self-construal increases indulgent consumption. In contrast, an interdependent self-construal facilitates women’s indulgent consumption. Having an interdependent self-construal has the opposite impact on indulgent consumption for the two genders: sexual images of romantic love attenuate the effect on men but boost the effect on women. Perceived sensation-seeking serves as the underlying mechanism. Research limitations/implications This paper contributes to the literature on sex, reward-processing, context effects in marketing and indulgent consumption. Practical implications Advertisers, retailers, food courts and restaurants may use sexual imagery to promote more indulgent consumption with gender and self-construal as segmentation variables. Public policymakers and other concerned parties should also raise consumers’ awareness of the priming effect found in this research. Originality/value This research advances the literature on sex by demonstrating the priming effects of sexual imagery and further considers the simultaneous impacts of gender and self-construal on consumers’ subsequent indulgent consumption.

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Examining Risk-Taking Behavior and Sensation Seeking Requirement in Extreme Athletes

Journal of Education and Learning ◽

10.5539/jel.v6n1p330 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 330 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ali Agilonu ◽

Gulsum Bastug ◽

Tonguc Osman Mutlu ◽

Adem Pala

Keyword(s):

Risk Taking ◽

Sensation Seeking ◽

Female Athletes ◽

Extreme Sports ◽

Male Athletes ◽

Adrenaline Release ◽

Risk Taking Behavior ◽

And Gender ◽

Data Frequency

Extreme sports are sport branches which include actions, adventures, risks and difficulties more rather than other sports. Special materials are used in sport branches such as surfing, kite surfing, sailing, snowboarding, paragliding, diving, mountaineering, motor sports and adrenaline release is more rather than in other sport branches. On the contrary, the situation for being eager to seek excitement and take risks with a view to having new experiences has been observed. It has been considered whether sensation seeking requirement and risk-taking behavior had effects upon each other. The aim of the study was to analyze sensation seeking and risk-taking behavior in extreme athletes. Total 101 extreme athletes including 31 females, 70 males with an age average of 22.03 ± 6.77 participated in the research. In order to determine athletes’ sensation seeking levels, “Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking” developed by Arnett (1994) and in order to determine their risk-taking behavior, “Risk Involvement and Perception Scale” developed by Siegel et al. (1994) were used. In evaluation of research data, frequency analysis, independent t test, in determination of relation between risk-taking and sensation seeking, correlation test were utilized.In conclusion, significant differences were found in risk-taking behavior, sensation seeking requirement and gender variable among the extreme athletes. In the male athletes sensation seeking requirement and risk-taking behavior had higher averages than the female athletes. Among the extreme athletes, significant relations were determined between risk-taking behavior and sensation seeking requirement. When risk-taking behavior values were high, sensation seeking requirement values were regarded to be high.

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Parenting style as a predictor of music preference

Psychology of Music ◽

10.1177/0305735618816173 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 48 (5) ◽

pp. 611-625

Author(s):

Emily Warrener ◽

Amanda E Krause ◽

Adrian C North

Keyword(s):

Parenting Style ◽

Parenting Styles ◽

Sensation Seeking ◽

Self Report ◽

Big Five Personality ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Perceived Parenting ◽

Individual Difference Variables ◽

Musical Taste ◽

And Gender

Although previous research has established relationships between perceived parenting styles and children’s deviant behaviours and links between these behaviours and a liking for intense and rebellious music, no research has explored the associations between perceived parenting styles and children’s liking for different music styles. Whereas previous research has considered musical taste by looking at a small number of individual difference variables in isolation from one another, the present research used a cross-sectional correlational design to investigate whether parenting styles, the Big Five personality traits, sensation seeking, age, and gender were associated with a liking for different music styles. In total, 336 Australians completed an online, self-report questionnaire. Analyses demonstrated there were relationships between five of the six parenting style variables and five of the music styles considered. This indicates that various parenting styles were associated with musical taste, and the nature of these associations extends well beyond those concerning rebellious music and neglectful parenting that have been identified by previous research.

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DEVELOPMENT OF A CHINESE VERSION OF THE ZUCKERMAN-KUHLMAN PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE: RELIABILITIES AND GENDER/AGE EFFECTS

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.2000.28.3.241 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 241-250 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

Yi -Xiao Wu ◽

Wei Wang ◽

Wu -Ying Du ◽

Jing Li ◽

Xiao-Fe n g Jiang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sensation Seeking ◽

Chinese Culture ◽

Factor Model ◽

Five Factor Model ◽

Principal Component ◽

The United States ◽

Personality Questionnaire ◽

Wide Range ◽

Scale Scores ◽

And Gender

A five-factor model of the Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (ZKPQ) was tried in a Chinese speaking area. Three hundred and thirty-three healthy subjects (217 women and 116 men) with a wide range of occupations attended this study and were divided into 5 age ranges. They were free of depression and answered with low dissimulation in ZKPQ. The principal component analysis detected 16 factors with eigenvalues larger than 1.5, the first 5 of which accounted for 21.0% of the variance. The five-factor solution analysis was, therefore, performed. The alpha internal reliabilities of the five personality scales ranged from 0.61 to 0.81. Sixty-one out of 89 items loaded larger than, or equal to, 0.3 on target factors. Scale scores were comparable to those reported in the United States, and the intercorrelations between five personality scales were lower. Gender and education level had little effect on the personality measures; the Impulsive Sensation Seeking declined with age only from 20 years on, in women. This study demonstrates the validity of the ZKPQ in Chinese culture.

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Finger Length Digit Ratio and Gender Differences in Sensation Seeking and Internet Self-Efficacy

10.28945/3159 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Peter Eachus

Keyword(s):

Significant Relationship ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Sensation Seeking ◽

Ring Finger ◽

Digit Ratio ◽

Finger Length ◽

Fourth Digit ◽

It Education ◽

And Gender ◽

The Relationship

Several studies have suggested a significant relationship between finger length and aspects of personality. In this study the ratio between second and fourth digit lengths, known as digit ratio, was correlated with sensation seeking and Internet self-efficacy. In addition the relationship between the fourth and fifth digits, i.e. the little finger and ring finger, and these two constructs was also examined. No significant relationship between sensation seeking and digit ratio was observed but, in males, significant correlations between digit ratio and Internet self-efficacy were found. The implications for IT education are discussed.

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Internet Dependence in College Students from Greece

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/s0924-9338(09)70652-2 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 24 (S1) ◽

pp. 1-1 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

C.C. Frangos ◽

C.C. Frangos

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Sensation Seeking ◽

List Type ◽

Educational Institute ◽

Technological Educational ◽

Technological Educational Institute ◽

And Gender ◽

Substance Consumption ◽

Sensation Seeking Scale ◽

Use Of Internet

Aims:We intended to study the trends of Internet dependence (ID) and to detect possible associations among Greek college students.Methods:646 college students (300 males and 346 females), mean age 20.5 years, from the Technological Educational Institute of Athens, were randomly selected. The students completed special questionnaires which contained questions on their demographics, Young's Addiction Scale (1996), and Lin and Tsai's (2002) Sensation Seeking scale.Results:a.The prevalence of Internet dependents was 7.9%.b.There are more boys (32) Internet addicts than girls (19).c.There is a significant relationship between ID and gender (p < 0.01), average mark in last semester (p < 0.001), and daily use of Internet (p < 0.001). 11% of internet dependent students use the Internet more than 10h per day compare to 1.6% of non-dependent students.d.Internet dependent students have used for more average time per week than non-dependent students online games (p < 0.01), blogs, chat rooms, and forums (p < 0.001).e.Nine (9) factors accounted for 54.467% of the total variance in questions concerning ID, sensation seeking, and relations with others. The three most prominent factors were related problems to internet use, family, and school, compulsive use and withdrawal symptoms and depression.f.There is a substantial correlation between Internet addiction and alcoholism, smoking, and substance taking (p < 0.005).Conclusion:Internet addicted students are more prone to experience loneliness, withdrawal, depression and rejection from others. Internet over-use affects academic performance and is associated with substance consumption.

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