Sensation Seeking and Participation in Sporting Activities

1986 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy L. Rowland ◽  
Robert E. Franken ◽  
Kimberley Harrison
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Sports Participation ◽  
Female Undergraduate ◽  
Sporting Activities ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
Over Time

A life-span inventory of sports participation and Zuckerman's (1979) Sensation Seeking Scale, Form V, were administered to 97 male and 104 female undergraduate students. The results indicated that, over time, high sensation seekers tend to become involved in more sports than do low sensation seekers, but low sensation seekers tend to remain involved with each sport for longer periods of time than do high sensation seekers. Gender and sensation seeking were found to interact in the choice of sporting activities. Low but generally positive correlations were observed between sensation seeking and participation in risky sports. These data suggest that both the need for new experiences and an attraction to high risk characterize the high sensation seeker 's participation in sporting activities.

Biogenic amine-related enzymes and personality variations in normals

1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. Murphy ◽  
R. H. Belmaker ◽  
M. Buchsbaum ◽  
N. F. Martin ◽  
R. Ciaranello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biogenic Amine ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Amine Oxidase ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Chronic Schizophrenia ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Plasma Amine Oxidase ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale

SynopsisAltered activities of biogenic amine-related enzymes have been reported in some studies of patients with affective disorders and chronic schizophrenia. To evaluate whether any relationship between personality variations, including non-diagnosed psychopathology, and these enzymes might occur in non-psychiatric patients, 95 young adult volunteers were studied. Higher MMPI and Zuckerman sensation-seeking scale scores were found in male, but not female, volunteers with lower platelet and plasma amine oxidase activities. Males generally exhibited negative correlations, while females had positive correlations between the psychological test scores and amine oxidase activities. In contrast to the amine oxidase results, no associations were observed between plasma dopamine β-hydroxylase activities and the personality variables.

Sensation Seeking among High and Low-Risk Male Athletes

1982 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 246-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
William F. Straub
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Discriminant Function ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
The Many ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
Discriminant Function Analyses

Many problems are associated with the measurement of athletes in contemporary sport psychology. There is, for example, a dearth of valid and reliable tests to assess the many and diverse behaviors of players. The purpose of this investigation was to attempt to validate Zuckerman's sensation seeking scale (SSS V) using high- and low-risk sport participants. The SSS (Form V) was administered to male hang gliders (n = 33), automobile racers (n = 22), and intercollegiate bowlers (n = 25). It was hypothesized that the high-risk athletes (hang gliders and auto racers) would score significantly higher (.05 level) than the low-risk sport participants (bowlers) in total sensation seeking score and on the four subscales of Zuckerman's test. Stepwise multiple discriminant function analyses found that except for thrill and adventure seeking and disinhibition subscales, the above hypotheses were tenable. Thus, it was concluded that support exists for Zuckerman's SSS (Form V) as a measure of sensation seeking among male athletes.

Fashion Innovators, Sensation Seekers, and Clothing Individualists

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1203-1210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Stanforth
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Mean Difference ◽  
Opinion Leadership ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale

The purpose was to investigate the association of fashion consumer groups' scores on sensation seeking and clothing individuality. Fashion innovators are expected to be sensation seekers and to use clothing to express their individuality. 142 undergraduate students were administered Hirschman and Adcock's Measure of Innovativeness and Opinion Leadership, Zuckerman's Sensation Seeking Scale, and the Creekmore Clothing Interest Scale. Analysis showed that there was a significant mean difference between fashion innovators and fashion followers as sensation seekers and in using clothing to express individuality. Results suggest that fashion innovators may have a greater need for experiences than do fashion followers.

Incidental Learning and Measures of Creative Potential

1973 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 303-306
Author(s):  
Marie Dellas ◽  
Edward Lederman
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Cognitive Complexity ◽  
Incidental Learning ◽  
Intentional Learning ◽  
Female Undergraduate ◽  
Creative Potential ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between incidental learning and creative potential was assessed by two measures of cognitive complexity (the Barron-Welsh Art Scale and the Asch-Barron inventory), and responses of 59 male and female undergraduate students showed that, while incidental learning had high positive correlations with intelligence and intentional learning, r with the creativity predictors was nonsignificant. Results indicate the functioning of independent motivational and cognitive processes, with differing outcomes for these variables.

scholarly journals Scoring On and Off the Field: Examining the Sexual Activity of Adolescent/Emerging Adult Athletes and Non-Athletes Using an Ecological Perspective

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 18-36
Author(s):  
Sally Moore ◽  
Rosemary V. Barnett ◽  
Mark A. Brennan ◽  
Heather Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Athletic Participation ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
Measurement Scale ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale

This paper highlights a study which used an ecological perspective to explore and identify various risk and protective factors that might influence sexual activity in adolescence and emerging adulthood, with a particular emphasis on the unique experiences of athletes. A sample of 437 undergraduate students completed a questionnaire consisting of the following areas: athletic participation, Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS), ecological variables, Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (BSSS), sexual activity, and sociodemographics. Results indicate that the link between being an athlete and sexual behavior may not be as direct as previously suggested, but is mediated by the influence of various factors related to the sport participation experience. Factors at the individual, familial, and extrafamilial level were found to affect sexual activity.

Relation of Transliminality and Sensation Seeking

2002 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 685-686
Author(s):  
Michael A. Thalbourne ◽  
Mary Cochrane
Keyword(s):  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale

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.

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.

Convergent and Discriminant Validity of the Marital Disillusionment Scale

2007 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Niehuis
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Work Addiction ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
Addiction Risk ◽  
Marital Satisfaction Inventory ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
University Town ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale

The Marital Disillusionment Scale, together with measures of divorce proneness, marital disaffection, work addiction, sensation seeking, intimacy, and marital satisfaction (using the subscales Marital Disharmony and Disaffection), was administered to 116 married people (42 men, 74 women) in a university town in the western USA. Scores on the Marital Disillusionment Scale had significant positive correlations with scores on the Marital Instability Scale ( r = .54), the Marital Disaffection Scale ( r = .72), and the two subscales Disharmony ( r = .53) and Disaffection ( r = .75) of the Marital Satisfaction Inventory. Scores for the Marital Disillusionment Scale were negatively correlated with those for the Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships Inventory ( r = −.65) but were not significantly associated with scores for the Work Addiction Risk Test and the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale. The results support the convergent and discriminant validity of the Marital Disillusionment Scale.

scholarly journals Sensation Seeking as one of the Motivating Factors for Performing Skydiving

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-98
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Bołdak ◽  
Monika Guszkowska
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Polish Version ◽  
Primary Selection ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
Different Levels

Abstract Introduction. For some time, the issue of participating in high-risk sports, including skydiving, has been linked to the trait of sensation seeking, but skydivers do not constitute a homogeneous group in terms of this factor. The aim of the study was to determine the role of the need for sensation in performing skydiving and to examine whether the importance of this factor differs depending on gender. Material and methods. The study included a total of 143 skydivers (98 men and 45 women) aged from 17 to 49 years with different levels of expertise in skydiving. In total, 73 respondents were categorised as novices, and 70 were considered experts. Novice skydivers were defined as having completed no more than 10 jumps in their lives. Expert skydivers were persons who had made at least 100 jumps in their lives and had a licence to perform skydiving independently, without instructor supervision. The need for stimulation was measured using the Sensation Seeking Scale IV by Zuckerman, in its Polish version by Oleszkiewicz-Zsurzs. Results. Since a high proportion of individuals with a strong need for sensation was found among both men and women, it can be concluded that it is an important factor in primary selection in skydiving (when the sport is undertaken), regardless of gender. Conclusions. The significance of sensation seeking as a factor in secondary selection in skydiving (when the sport is being performed) differs depending on the particular dimension of sensation seeking and gender. Susceptibility to boredom is probably a significant factor in secondary selection in women.

Biographical Correlates of Sensation-Seeking

1974 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 333-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith W. Jacobs ◽  
John C. Koeppel
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale

The Sensation-seeking scale (Zuckerman, et al., 1964) and a biographical questionnaire were administered to 50 undergraduate students to identify variables which correlated with sensation-seeking. Two mobility variables were significant ( p < .001) and seven other biographical variables also correlated with scores on the scale.

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