scholarly journals The Strelau Temperament Inventory—Revised (STI‐R): Validity studies

1991 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willibald Ruch ◽  
Alois Angleitner ◽  
Jan Strelau
Keyword(s):  
Impulse Control ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Affect Intensity ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Content Scales ◽  
Validity Studies ◽  
Strength Of Excitation ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the construct validity of the revised version of the Strelau Temperament Inventory (STI‐R) and the short scale (STI‐RS), which were introduced by Strelau, Angleitner, Bantelmann and Ruch (1990). Hypotheses about the relationship between the content scales of the STI‐R, viz. Strength of Excitation (SE), Strength of Inhibition (SI), and Mobility (MO) of CNS properties, and (a) other personality/temperament dimensions referring to the level of arousal, (b) selected temperament inventories, and (c) selected personality scales are derived and tested in a total of four samples with altogether 420 Ss. The inventories investigated include, among others, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire—Revised (EPQ‐R), Zuckerman's Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS), the I.7 Impulsiveness Questionnaire (I.7), the Affect‐Intensity‐Measure (AIM), the EASI, the Structure of Temperament Questionnaire (STQ), and the Revised Dimensions of Temperament Survey (DOTS‐R). In general, the hypotheses regarding the place of the STI‐R in the temperament and personality domain were confirmed. A factor analysis of the STI‐R, EASI, and DOTS‐R yielded five factors: Emotional Stability, Rhythmicity, Activity/Tempo, Sociability, and Impulsivity versus Impulse Control.

Personality in Assaultive and Non-Assaultive Juvenile Male Offenders

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 527-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toby Berman ◽  
Timothy Paisey
Keyword(s):  
Antisocial Behavior ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Juvenile Male ◽  
Male Offenders ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
Juvenile Males ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Property Offenses

The present study investigated the relationship between antisocial behavior and personality in 30 American juvenile males convicted of offenses including assault or confrontations with a victim, and 30 juvenile males convicted of offenses involving property without confrontation with a victim. Subjects, who were aged 14 to 17 yr. (mean 15 yr., 8 mo.) and held in detention pending sentencing, were administered the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and Zuckerman Sensation Seeking Scale. Juveniles convicted of assaultive offenses exhibited significantly higher psychoticism, extraversion, and neuroticism scores, and lower lie scores than those convicted of property offenses. Sensation-seeking scores were significantly lower for the non-assaultive group. Results support Eysenck's description of dimensions of offenders' behavior.

The Relevance of the Dual Systems Model for Social Learning Theory: Testing for Moderation Effects

2021 ◽  
pp. 009385482110179
Author(s):  
Thomas Wojciechowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Impulse Control ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Dual Systems ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Systems Model ◽  
Peer Association ◽  
The Relationship

Social learning theory is one of the most prominent criminological theories of the 20th century. The dual systems model represents an emerging framework in recent years, which may help to better understand how social learning processes are influenced by sensation-seeking and impulse control. This study utilized data from all waves of the Pathways to Desistance study. A series of mixed-effects models were utilized to test for moderating effects of these constructs on offending outcomes. Impulse control moderated the relationship between deviant peer association and offending frequency, indicating that high levels of both constructs predicted increased offending frequency. Sensation-seeking moderated the relationship between deviant peer association and odds of offending, indicating that high levels of both constructs were associated with greater odds of offending although this moderation effect was only marginally significant.

Relationship between Narcissism and Sensation Seeking

1981 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Emmons
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the relationship between narcissism and sensation seeking. It was hypothesized that a positive relationship would be found between the two personality variables. Undergraduates were administered both the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and Form IV of the Sensation Seeking Scale. For both males and females, scores on the Narcissistic Inventory correlated significantly with scores on the Disinhibition subscale of the Sensation Seeking Scale. Boredom Susceptibility was correlated with narcissism for males, while scores on the General and Experience Seeking subscales correlated significantly with narcissism for females. If disinhibition were a social form of sensation-seeking, the correlations with narcissism for both sexes would be accounted for. The study supports the construct validity of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and provides evidence for regarding narcissism as a dimension of personality.

Sensation seeking, alcoholism and dopamine activity

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
GA Wiesbeck ◽  
N Wodarz ◽  
C Mauerer ◽  
J Thome ◽  
F Jakob ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family History ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Positive Family History ◽  
Dopamine Receptor Agonist ◽  
Partial Correlations ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Alcohol Dependent

SummarySensation seeking scale (SSS) scores were determined in 15 alcohol dependent men with a positive family history for alcoholism (FHP), in 15 alcohol dependent men with a negative family history for alcoholism (FHN) and in 15 well-matched healthy male controls (CONTR). Both FHPs and FHNs suffered from longlasting alcohol dependence meeting ICD-10 and DSM-III-R diagnostic criteria. Dopamine activity was neuroendocrinologically assessed by measuring the amount of growth hormone released after stimulation with the dopamine receptor agonist apomorphine. Planned comparisons within a one-way ANOVA yielded significantly elevated levels of boredom susceptibility (BOS) in both FHPs and FHNs against CONTRs. SSS total scores, while approaching statistical significance, were elevated in FHPs only. Partial correlations (controlling for age, body weight, alcohol intake and duration of dependence) were calculated to examine the relationship between SSS and dopamine activity. Among the SSS subtraits, BOS revealed the highest correlation in each group. However, only in CONTRs did the relationship between BOS and dopamine activity reach statistical significance.

Pathological Gamblers are Neither Impulsive Nor Sensation—Seekers

1988 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive C. Allcock ◽  
David M. Grace
Keyword(s):  
Pathological Gambling ◽  
Patient Group ◽  
Impulse Control ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
The Other ◽  
Drug Addicts ◽  
Heroin Addicts ◽  
Pathological Gamblers ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale

Ten pathological gamblers, ten alcoholics, ten heroin addicts and twenty five non-patients were compared using Zuckerman's Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) and Barratt's Impulsivity Scale (BIS). The pathological gamblers did not differ from the non-patient group on either measure. Drug addicts scored significantly higher and alcoholics significantly lower than the pathological gamblers and the non-patient group on the SSS, while drug addicts scored significantly higher than the other groups on the BIS. The difficulties in defining impulsivity are discussed. It is suggested that the classification of pathological gambling as a disorder of impulse control should be reconsidered.

Sensation Seeking and Drivers’ Glance Behavior while Engaging in a Secondary Task

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 1864-1868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joonbum Lee ◽  
Bruce Mehler ◽  
Bryan Reimer ◽  
Joseph F. Coughlin
Keyword(s):  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Driver Behavior ◽  
Older Drivers ◽  
Personal Traits ◽  
Driving Speed ◽  
Speed Change ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over 40 Years ◽  
Standard Production

To investigate possible relationships between drivers’ sensation seeking and glance behavior while interacting with human-machine interfaces, a total of 70 drivers’ eye-glance data, Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS), and Driver Behavior Questionnaire (DBQ) data were collected and analyzed. Participants conducted radio tuning tasks with two standard production interfaces while driving on a highway, and their glance allocations to defined regions were recorded and manually annotated. Results showed that sensation seeking scores were related with self-reported violation scores, off-road glance patterns, and driving speed: (1) violation scores of DBQ were positively correlated with sensation seeking, (2) mean and standard deviation of off-road glance duration were positively correlated with sensation seeking for younger drivers (under 40 years), (3) total off-road glance time per minute and number of off-road glances per minute were positively correlated with sensation seeking for older drivers (over 40 years), and (4) percentage of speed change was negatively correlated with sensation seeking for both younger and older drivers. The results indicate that sensation seeking is associated with drivers’ off-road glance patterns and driving behavior. These observations further highlight the relationship between personal traits and driver behavior.

PERSONALITY CORRELATES OF PARANORMAL BELIEF: LOCUS OF CONTROL AND SENSATION SEEKING

1998 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Groth-Marnat ◽  
Julie-Ann Pegden
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Paranormal Belief ◽  
Paranormal Beliefs ◽  
Undergraduate University Students ◽  
External Locus Of Control ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
The Relationship

In order to more fully understand the relationship between paranormal belief, locus of control, and sensation seeking, 81 undergraduate university students were administered the Paranormal Belief Scale (PBS), Rotter's Locus of Control Scale, and the Sensation Seeking Scale. Results indicated that a greater external locus of control was associated with greater overall number of paranormal beliefs. Greater external locus of control was especially associated with the PBS subscales of spirituality and precognition. Contrary to expectations, belief in superstition was associated with a greater internal locus of control. Whereas overall sensation seeking was not related to overall PBS scores, the PBS subscales of greater belief in psi phenomena and superstition were found to be associated with higher levels of sensation seeking. Results are discussed in relation to conceptualizations of the different personality/belief constructs.

Experience and Personality Differences Among Breast- and Bottle-feeding Mothers

1979 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Berg-Cross ◽  
Gary Berg-Cross ◽  
Deborah McGeehan
Keyword(s):  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Bottle Feeding ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
Personality Differences ◽  
Feeding Experience ◽  
Feeding Modes ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Affect Adjective ◽  
Breast Fed

Twenty breast-feeding (BF) mothers and twenty artificially feeding (AF) mothers were studied to assess the relationship between different feeding modes and the mother's enjoyment of feeding and her attitude toward and style of weaning the child to a cup. Besides administering a 30-45-minute semistructured interview, a sensation seeking scale and the Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist (MAACL) were administered. Results indicated the BF mothers were higher sensation seekers, more satisfied with the feeding experience, and more ambivalent about weaning than the AF mothers. The BF mothers favored waiting for the child to initiate weaning, and breast-fed males were weaned significantly later than bottle-fed males. It appears that mode of feeding and optimal levels of stimulation are related to how the mother experiences infant feeding, although additional research is warranted.

Painting Preference and Personality, with Particular Reference to Gray's Behavioral Inhibition and Behavioral Approach Systems

2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Rawlings ◽  
Brock Bastian
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Behavioral Inhibition ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Behavioral Approach ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Behavioral Inhibition System ◽  
Reward Responsiveness ◽  
Abstract Stimuli ◽  
Fun Seeking ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale

Gray's (1991) neurobiological systems–the behavioral approach system (BAS) and behavioral inhibition system (BIS)–have been operationalized by Carver and White (1994) in their BIS/BAS Questionnaire. In the present study, 129 undergraduate students completed the BIS/BAS Questionnaire, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire–Revised (EPQ-R), and Zuckerman's Impulsive Sensation Seeking Scale. They also rated 72 paintings previously divided into two stylistic (Abstract and Traditional) and five content (Erotic, Pleasant, Neutral, Violent, Unpleasant) categories. As hypothesized, scores on the BIS were negatively associated with liking for Unpleasant and Violent paintings; scores on the BAS predicted liking for Pleasant and Neutral paintings, though this was due almost entirely to the BAS Reward Responsiveness sub-scale. Sensation Seeking, EPQ-R Psychoticism, and the BAS Fun-Seeking sub-scale predicted liking for Abstract stimuli, and disliking for Unpleasant and Violent paintings. Our results provide evidence that Gray's constructs can be usefully applied to the area of aesthetic preference.

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