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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

scholarly journals Dynamics of the General Factor of Personality in Response to a Single Dose of Caffeine

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 675-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Caselles ◽  
Joan C. Micó ◽  
Salvador Amigó
Keyword(s):  
Single Dose ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Stimulant Drug ◽  
Personality Research ◽  
General Factor Of Personality ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
Affect Adjective ◽  
Experimental Group

General Factor of Personality (GFP) research is an emergent field in personality research. This paper uses a theoretical mathematical model to predict the short-term effects of a dose of a stimulant drug on GFP and reports the results of an experiment showing how caffeine achieves this. This study considers the General Factor of Personality Questionnaire (GFPQ) a good psychometric approach to assess GFP. The GFP dynamic mechanism of change is based on the Unique Trait Personality Theory (UTPT). This theory proposes the existence of GFP which occupies the apex of the hierarchy of personality, and extends from an impulsiveness-and-aggressiveness pole (approach tendency) to an anxiety-andintroversion pole (avoidance tendency). An experiment with 25 volunteers was performed. All the participants completed the GFPQ and the Sensation-Seeking Scale list of adjectives from the trait version of MAACL-R (Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist Revised) on an empty stomach. The participants in the experimental group (20) received 330 mg of caffeine. All the participants filled in a state version form with the sensation-seeking adjectives every 4.5 minutes. This study considers that the Sensation-Seeking Scale list of adjectives from the MAACL-R, available in both trait and state versions, is a good psychometric approach to assess GFP. The results show that GFP is modified by a single dose of caffeine in the direction predicted by the UTPT.

Potential Effect of Demographic and Other Variables in Studies Comparing Morbidity of Breast-Fed and Bottle-Fed Infants

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry S. Sauls
Keyword(s):  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Bottle Feeding ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
Access To Medical Care ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Breast Fed

Comparing the morbidity of breast-fed and bottle-fed infants is confounded by inherent differences in breast-feeding and bottle-feeding mothers and their infants. Self-selection introduces complex variables encompassing much more than milk source used for infant feeding. Reasons for selecting breast or bottle feeding relate to demographic, socioeconomic, educational, ethnic, cultural, and psychological factors, as well as maternal and infant physical and emotional health. Many of the differences in the maternal populations may affect infant care practices, access to medical care, and infant health status. Studies published to date have not quantified these confounding effects and other potential biases in comparing morbidity of breast- and bottle-fed infants and the relationship between milk source and incidence of infantile disease remains in question. There is need for more cautious use of the available data and investigators must seek ways to design future studies to take into account the differences between breast-feeding and bottle-feeding mothers that affect both reported and actual infant morbidity.

16 Pf Correlates of Sensation-Seeking

1970 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 741-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard S. Gorman
Keyword(s):  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

A group of 64 undergraduates (39 women, 25 men) was given Zuckerman's Sensation-Seeking Scale and Cattell's 16 PF. High sensation-seekers were characterized by greater dominance, surgency, adventurousness, suspicion, and bohemian unconcernedness and by less shrewdness and self-sentiment control than low sensation-seekers. This pattern was more pronounced for women than men. The relationship of this constellation to psychopathy was discussed.

Re-Examining the Relationship between Fantasy and Optimum Stimulation Levels

2001 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen R. McDaniel ◽  
Shu Chen Lee ◽  
Choonghoon Lim
Keyword(s):  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Reactivity Index ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Negative Function ◽  
Psychology Literature ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
The Relationship

Conflicting results concerning the relationship between optimum stimulation levels (OSLs) and fantasies have been noted in the psychology literature [1, 2]. Therefore, the current study ( n = 330) employed the Impulsive Sensation Seeking Scale (ImpSS), the Change Seeking Index (CSI) short-form, and a short-form Need for Cognition (NFC) scale, along with gender, to examine their relationship with the fantasy subscale from Davis' Interpersonal Reactivity Index [3], while controlling for age. The Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) results support significant relationships between all OSL measures and the fantasy construct, as those reporting higher levels of each trait reported significantly greater levels of the fantasy measure. Gender was also a significant factor, as female respondents reported significantly greater mean fantasy scores than did males. In addition, fantasy scores were a significant negative function of age in two analyses. The results are discussed, along with the limitations of the study and future directions for research.

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