Reconsidering the Relationship between Sensation Seeking and Audience Preferences for Viewing Televised Sports

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen R. McDaniel
Keyword(s):  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Figure Skating ◽  
Violent Media ◽  
Negative Function ◽  
Limited Support ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Relationship

Some research suggests that males and females differ in terms of their enjoyment from viewing televised sports characterized as either violent combative (e.g., football and hockey), violent aggressive (e.g., basketball and soccer), or stylistic (e.g., figure skating and gymnastics) in nature. However, no theory-based explanation for the above differences has been supported. Zeckerman's (1994) theory of sensation seeking offers face validity in this context, as gender differences have been associated with the personality trait as has the consumption of violent media and contact sports (Krcmar & Green, 1999; Schroth, 1994). A snowball quota sample(n= 305) was employed to investigate adults' (18+) interest in viewing different types of sports telecasts (i.e., combative and stylistic). Four hypotheses were formulated based on the existing literature, with two of them being fully supported and a third receiving limited support. Among the key results, adult respondents' interests in viewing telecasts of combative or stylistic sports differed significantly by gender. In addition, reported interest in watching coverage of violent combative sports was positively related to sensation seeking for both sexes. Meanwhile, interest in viewing stylistic sports on television was a negative function of the trait for females. The theoretical and applied implications of the results are discussed, along with directions for future research in this area.

Depression and Law Violation: Gendered Responses to Gendered Stresses

2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacy De Coster
Keyword(s):  
General Pattern ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Stress Process ◽  
Youth Survey ◽  
Differential Vulnerability ◽  
Limited Support ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Differential Exposure ◽  
Males And Females

This article unites arguments from the sociology of mental health, criminology, and the sociology of gender to explore the role of gender in the stress process. The author proposes that gender acts upon the stress process in three ways. First, males and females may report exposure to different types of stresses. Second, males and females may be vulnerable to different types of stresses. Third, males and females may respond to stress in different ways—law violation versus depression. Arguments are tested about the relative importance of differential exposure versus differential vulnerability to various stresses for understanding the gender gaps in law violation and depression using the National Youth Survey, OLS regression, and Kessler's method for decomposing differences in exposure and vulnerability to stress. The results provide limited support for these arguments, suggesting that females report more exposure than do males to some communal stresses, whereas males report more exposure than do females to the agentic stresses included in this study. Vulnerability to these stresses also varies across gender, with females generally expressing greater vulnerability to communal stresses in the form of depression and males expressing greater vulnerability to agentic stresses in the form of law violation. Some deviations from this general pattern are discussed, and recommendations for future research follow.

A New Look at Stone Drills of the Indus Valley Tradition

1992 ◽  
Vol 267 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Mark Kenoyer ◽  
Massimo Vidale
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microprobe ◽  
Microprobe Analysis ◽  
Electron Microprobe Analysis ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Current State ◽  
Indus Valley ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Drilling Technology ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTDrilling technology of the Indus Valley Tradition was highly specialized and various types of chert and jasper were used to drill different types of materials. Earlier studies used primarily macroscopic observations to define features such as the manufacturing technique of drills, the raw materials and the mechanics of drilling. These generalizations can be revised given the discovery of important workshop areas and the availability of SEM, XRD and electron microprobe analysis. This paper will summarize the current state of. drilling research and define two categories of drills that were used in antiquity; tapered cylindrical drills and constricted cylindrical drills. Directions for future research on the relationship between drilling and other contemporaneous technologies are discussed.

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.

An Examination of the Shadow of Sexual Assault Hypothesis Among Men and Women in South Korea

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 386-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaeyong Choi ◽  
Haneul Yim ◽  
Daniel R. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Crime Victim ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Shadow Of Sexual Assault

Using a South Korean sample from 2010 National Crime Victim Survey, the current research examined the gender differences of fear of four different types of crime testing the shadow of sexual assault thesis, which asserts that sexual assault operates as a master offense for females. The current study provides insight into the robustness of the shadow hypothesis by controlling for various covariates (e.g., perceptions of the neighborhood and crime-related media consumption) that have been often omitted in this line of literature. Results show that the largest difference in fear between males and females was the fear of sexual assault, and based on coefficient comparison tests, fear of sexual assault was a stronger predictor of fear of other crimes among males than among females. The current study calls for future research to disentangle the shadow of sexual hypothesis in different settings and to conduct more studies specifically on men’s fear of crime.

scholarly journals Parent-Teen Communication about Sexual and Reproductive Health: Cohort Differences by Race/Ethnicity and Nativity

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Lantos ◽  
Jennifer Manlove ◽  
Elizabeth Wildsmith ◽  
Bianca Faccio ◽  
Lina Guzman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Teen Pregnancy ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Cohort Differences ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Race Ethnicity

Parent-teen discussions about sexual and reproductive health (SRH) are associated with delayed sex and higher contraceptive use among teens. Using the National Survey of Family Growth, we conducted bivariate and multivariate analyses of different types of parent-teen SRH discussions among two cohorts of teens. We describe differences in patterns for males and females by race/ethnicity and nativity, and test for racial/ethnic interactions within each cohort. Analyses found that the prevalence of parent-teen discussions about SRH increased across cohorts. For males and females, there were increases in parent-teen discussions about condoms, and for males only, there were increases in any SRH discussions and discussions about contraception and STIs. Based on interactions, parent-teen discussions and STI discussions increased most for Hispanic females, and among Hispanics, increased most for the foreign-born. These data indicate increases in different types of parent-teen SRH discussions, particularly for males and foreign-born teens overall, and for Hispanic teen females regarding condom use. Future research should examine what factors are driving these changes, including changes in the structure of U.S. Hispanic communities and expansion of evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs.

Students' mind wandering in macroscopic and submicroscopic textual narrations and its relationship with their reading comprehension

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 680-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulaiman M. Al-Balushi ◽  
Ibrahim S. Al-Harthy
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Mind Wandering ◽  
The Other ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Computer Screen ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Ninth Grade Students ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the current study was to investigate students' mind wandering while reading different types of textual narrations (macroscopic and submicroscopic) in chemistry. Another goal was to determine the relationship between mind wandering and students' reading comprehension. The participants were 65 female ninth grade students in Oman. Using a computer screen, participants were required to read about sodium chloride. A probe-catch procedure was used to measure students' mind wandering. Half of the slides presented textual narrations at the macroscopic level and the other half presented narrations at the submicroscopic level. We gave the students a paper and pencil reading comprehension test at the conclusion of the reading task. The findings indicated that participants' mind wandering while reading submicroscopic textual narrations was significantly higher when compared to reading macroscopic textual narrations. Also, there was a significant negative relationship between mind wandering and reading comprehension for both macroscopic and submicroscopic textual narrations. Implications and future research are discussed.

Which personal values matter most? Job performance and job satisfaction across job categories

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussein N. Ismail ◽  
Silva Karkoulian ◽  
Sevag K. Kertechian
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Personal Values ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeAs one of the first studies in this field, the purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of personal values on job performance and job satisfaction across different jobs. Further, it aims to identify personal value types that are positively, or negatively, related to behavioural and attitudinal outcomes in different job categories.Design/methodology/approachBased on a sample of 270 participants across several job categories including finance, accounting, marketing, sales, HR (human resources), operations and information technology (IT), this research explores the relationship between personal values, job performance and job satisfaction across the listed job categories. Ordinary least square (OLS) stepwise-regression and partial least square (PLS) regression were used in analysing the results.FindingsFindings showed that for some of the jobs examined, different types of personal values were associated with different worker outcomes.Originality/valueThis research study identifies sets of personal values that are suited to some jobs more than others in terms of job performance and job satisfaction outcomes. Moreover, this research demonstrates the importance of controlling for job categories in future research models that investigate the links between values, performance and satisfaction.

scholarly journals The effects of personal characteristics on employee voice behaviors

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-589
Author(s):  
Nuri Kwon ◽  
Jinkook Tak
Keyword(s):  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of four different types of voice behavior developed by Maynes and Podsakoff(2013). In addition, relation of personal characteristics to four different types of voice behavior and moderating effects of organization trust on relationship between personal characteristics and voice behavior were examined. Data were obtained from 309 employees in various organizations in Korea. Results showed that proactive personality was positively influences constructive voice and negatively influences destructive voice. Also psychological collectivism was positively influences supportive voice, and trait cynicism was positively influences defensive voice and destructive voice. The results of hierarchial regression analyses showed that organization trust moderated the relationship between psychological collectivism and supportive voice, defensive voice. Finally, the implications and limitations of this study and the directions for future research were discussed.

scholarly journals Quantitative study of selected Facebook marketing communication engagement factors in the optics of different post types

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ľudovit Nastišin ◽  
Richard Fedorko ◽  
Vladimir Vavřečka ◽  
Radovan Bačik ◽  
Martin Rigelsky
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Sharing ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Global Companies ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Engagement Factors ◽  
Post Hoc ◽  
The Relationship

The objective of the research was to identify statistically significant differences in selected engagement indicators on Facebook – likes and shares in relation to the different types of content that brands on this platform add to. The analysis was performed on a sample of three global companies from the top 25 most valuable brands in the world and their posts. Using quantitative statistical methods – MANOVA (Multivariate analysis of variance) and Gammes-Howell post hoc test, a total of 1,280 brand posts were analyzed in order to differentiate the liking and sharing of content types. Data collection was carried out in the first half of 2018. The findings pointed to two statistically significant differences that were also interpreted in the discussion of the research. The findings have shown that in case of liking, in two cases out of three, there is a statistically significant difference in terms of the type of content added, when photos came out as those with the greatest potential to get like from Facebook users and fans. At the same time, the same finding appeared in the case of sharing, which is an even stronger form of engagement. Likewise, photos were shown to be the most promising in terms of potential content sharing by Facebook users and fans. The study provided some clues as to where this research should go further and explore the relationship more deeply in view of the more extensive quantitative research, and also the potential qualitative approach. The future research directions include analyzing companies of different types and sizes and also taking into account the contribution from other social networks with the same or similar engagement indicators.

Personality and art preferences

1988 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Furnham ◽  
Melinda Bunyan
Keyword(s):  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Abstract Art ◽  
Simple Complex ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between sensation seeking and preference for paintings. Twenty paintings were classified into four categories: simple/complex and representational/abstract. It was hypothesized that total sensation seeking score and subscales scores would be positively correlated with preferences for simple and, especially complex, abstract art, and negatively correlated with simple, and, especially complex, representational art. Alpha coefficients demonstrated that satisfactory classification of the paintings into four groups. As hypothesized, high scores on total sensation seeking and subscales were positively correlated with abstract art preferences and negatively correlated with representational art preferences. The results are discussed in terms of the major determinants of preferences for art of different types.

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