A new form vi of the sensation seeking scale sss was developed which separates reports of past experiences from desired or intended future experiences on both disinhibition dis and thrill and adventure seeking tas factors. Sensation seeking definition sensation seeking is a personality trait defined by the degree to which an individual seeks novel and highly stimulating activities and experiences. A detailed analysis of the reliability and validity. The brief sensation seeking scale bsss measures sensation seeking in teenagers based on zuckermans theory, covering the need for a brief instrument that might be useful for research contexts and capable of correcting some defects in the sssv. Unfortunately, this book cant be printed from the openbook. Psychometric properties of zuckermans sensationseeking scale sss. In this update to zuckerman 1979, zuckerman now suggests that sensation seeking seems to be limited to sensation and does not include a need for cognitive experience i. Appendix e sensation seeking scale questionnaire naturalistic. Method subjects the ss were 140 predominantly white male n 70 and female n 70 undergraduates. Sensation seeking is a personality trait defined by the search for experiences and feelings, that are varied, novel, complex and intense, and by the readiness to take physical, social, legal, and financial risks for the sake of such experiences. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between risk taking behaviorperception and five factors of personality affm. There was no significant difference in tas and bs between the groups table 2. Zuckermankuhlman personality questionnaire shortened.
Please indicate which of the choices most describes your likes or the way you feel. Zuckerman 1994 defines sensation seeking as a trait defined by the seeking of varied, novel, complex, and intense sensations and experiences and the. Beyond the optimal level of arousal marvin zuckerman originally published in 1979, this title represents a summary of 17 years of research centring around the sensation seeking scale sss and the theory from which the test was derived. Sensation seeking scale fall 2009 washington state. Please indicate circle on your answer sheet which of the choices most describes your likes or the way you feel. Ss were presented with five intensities of light flashes in randomly presented blocks of trials at each intensity. Preliminary manual with scoring keys and norms for form v of the sensationseeking scale. Pretreatment measures of impulsivity, aggression and. Trait anxiety inventory were administered to 51 pathological gamblers seeking treatment to investigate the hypothesis that arousal associated with gambling was related to.
Sensation seeking scores from the sss have been linked to many risktaking behavioural expressions. Please choose the one which better describes your likes or feelings. Unlike other scales, the bsss scales retain the conceptualization advanced by zuckerman 11 that sensation seeking is comprised of four componentsthrill and adventure seeking. Motivation and emotionbook2018sensation seeking and. Psychometric properties of the brief sensation seeking scale in.
In some cases you may find items in which both choices describe your likes or feelings. Zuckerman writes that the sensationseeking need to achieve an optimal level of cortical arousal was rejected in zuckerman 1979, and that he now regards arousal as being epiphenomenal that is, this increase in arousal is a side effect of the search for, and experience of, novel sensations. The multidimensionality of the sensation seeking construct is reflected in the breadth of the four subscales assessed by zuckermans widelyused sensation seeking scale sss. There are different ways to capture the personality traits that differ most between people. The sensation seeking scale europes journal of psychology. Interest and preference test sensation seeking scale form v. How the personality trait sensation seeking relates to these risky behaviors is described and. Read chapter appendix e sensation seeking scale questionnaire.
Reliability and validity of the sensationseeking scale. Now an integral part of personality testing, including adaptations for use with children, this reissue is. Each of the items below contains two choices, a and b. Sensation seeking scale fall 2009 washington state magazine. Zuckerman 1971 reported the dimensions of sensation seeking found in samples of male and female undergraduates in the philadelphia area. Published in 1978 and based on the sensationseeking scale sss ii developed in 1964 and that has evolved over the time. Zukerman developed a scale sensation seeking scale, sss, 1971 that he developed over time. This has gone through a few iterations and is currently on its. The zuckermankuhlman personality questionnaire follows a different approach click here for a wikipedia description of the differences between the approaches.
In 1975, zuckerman took a sabbatical to work with hans eysenck, leading to the publication of some joint papers, and zuckerman s eventual contribution to eysencks second festschrift see zuckerman, 1997. The reliability and validity of the brief sensation. In the first study, the aiss was found to be more strongly related to risk behavior than zuckermans sensation seeking scale sss among 116 adolescents aged 1618 years, although the new scale. The brief sensation seeking scale bsss measures sensation seeking in teenagers based on zuckermans theory, covering the need for a brief. The experiment was designed to establish the relationship between the sensation seeking scales sss and cortical augmenting. Trbs second strategic highway research program shrp 2report s2s06rw1. The validity in predicting engagement in risky sex, drugs, or sports was generally unaffected by such revisions zuckerman, 2007, but when we devised a new scale for impulsive sensation seeking as part of a broader 5factor personality test zuckermankuhlman personality questionnaire we decided to remove all references to specific. This is latest book of dr zuckerman on the topic of sensation seeking, but it mainly covers the risky behavior aspect of high sensation seekers. Zuckerman created the scale with the purpose of better understanding personality traits such as neuroticism, antisocial behavior, and psychopathy.
Sensation seeking and participation in sporting activities. He relates sensation seeking to hyperactivity adhd, and also to both hypoarousal and arousability. A trait defined by the seeking of varied, novel, complex, and intense sensations and experiences, and the willingness to take physical, social, legal, and financial risks for the sake of such experience zuckerman, 1994, p. Sensation seeking and pathological gambling blaszczynski. Sensation seeking is central to research on the prevention of risky health behaviors, but current measures of sensation seeking are fairly long, thereby reducing their chances of inclusion in some research projects. The sss is a 40 items selfadministred questionnaire. Marvin zuckerman is professor emeritus of psychology at the university of delaware. Sensation seeking is a basic personality trait that has been defined as the seeking of varied, novel, complex, and intense sensations and experiences, and the willingness to take physical, social, legal, and financial risks for the sake of such experience zuckerman 1994, 27. Sensationseeking scales measure the level of stimulation or arousal a person will seek. Zuckermans alternative five factor model and risk taking behavior.
Behavioral expressions and biosocial bases of sensation. V were examined in a sample of 336 canadians 181 females and 155 males. Unpublished masters thesis, university of british columbia, 1978. Dr zuckerman older book behavioral expressions and biological bases of sensation seeking is a more comprehensive text book on the topic.
Brief measures of sensation seeking for screening and. Scoring the sensation seeker self test for women if you answered true to 11 or more of the questions, youre probably a sensation seeker. Four factors were identified, and three of them showed good reliability in their loadings across the sexes. Hence, we developed and evaluated two brief indices of sensation seeking, a fouritem measure that retains the framework of the sensation seeking scaleform v sssv and a shorter. Zuckermans 1969 original theory explained sensation seeking ss in the context of an optimal level of reticulocortical arousal, wherein cortically underaroused high sensation seekers engaged in varied, novel, complex, and risky behavior to achieve a more optimal level of arousal. Factor analyses were used to select items for the scales. Now an integral part of personality testing, including adaptations for use with children, this reissue is a chance to see where it all began. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Averaged evoked response aer amplitudes were measured at each intensity of light. Among the new measures is the brief sensation seeking scale bsss which is available both as an eightitem, the bsss8, and a fouritem measure, the bsss4. Some have equated sensation seeking with risk seeking. Gender and sensation seeking were found to interact in the choice of sporting activities. 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. If you need to print pages from this book, we recommend downloading it as a pdf.
Psychometric properties of the brief sensation seeking. The first sensation seeking scale sss was developed in the early 1960s and since that time the instrument and the theory of the trait have evolved as a function of continuing research around the world. Abstract we investigated whether measures of impulsivity, aggression and sensation seeking differed between cocainedependent subjects and controls, and whether these measures were related to treatmentoutcome for cocaine patients. In the total score of this test, hivpositive group scored. Impulsivity, sensation seeking, and risktaking behaviors. Sensation seeking psychology oxford bibliographies. It was created in 1964 by marvin zuckerman, at the university of delaware. The zuckerman sensation seeking scale sss results of the performed measurements are presented in tables 2 and 3.
Pretreatment assessments of impulsivity barratt impulsivity scale bis, aggression bussdurkee hostility inventory bdhi and sensation seeking. Zuckerman 1994 defines sensation seeking as a trait defined by the seeking of varied, novel, complex, and intense sensations and experiences and the willingness to take physical, social, legal, and financial risks for the sake of such experiences. Questionnaire zkpq impulsive unsocialized sensation seeking scale impss. His work on sensation seeking, and his relationship with eysenck, have led zuckerman to become one of todays leading proponents of the biological basis of personality. Zuckerman sensation seeking scalev science of behavior. For example, one choice might be, i would like to learn to fly an airplane indicating greater sensationseeking versus i. Sensation seeking is a trait describing the tendency to seek novel, varied, complex, and intense sensations and experiences and the willingness to take risks for the sake of such experience. High internal reliabilities were found for the experiencedis, intentiontas, and intentiondis scales, but. Sexual sensation seeking scale ssss items pertain to seeking sensation through sex but the items are not spe cific to sexual orientation. Sensation seeking scalea form v sssv interest and preference test directions. Zuckermans sensation seeking scale, the eysenck personality questionnaire and the spielbergers state.
Zuckerman, 1979 and cutoff scores corresponding to the upper and lower deciles for the sss were established as a criterion for inclusion in this study. If you answered true to 7 or less of the questions, you are probably not a sensation seeker. On this page you will find a series of statements that. He has written over 200 articles and six books, including the first edition of psychobiology of personality 1991. The sensation seeking scale that was first developed by zuckerman 1964.
It is a short 8item scale with 5point response categories. Risk is not an essential part of the trait, as many activities associated with it are not risky. Zukermans scale is one of the most cited, but one can argue that the scale has various issues, as explained by jeffrey arnett 1994. The sensation seeking scale is one of the most common psychological instrument for measuring sensation seeking. The zuckerman fivefactor alternative personality model zuckerman et al. Sociodemographic questionnaire to explore sex, age, grade at school, and family composition. Among individuals with substance use disorders, greater sensation seeking is associated with earlier age onset of use and abuse, more polysubstance use, a greater.
Sensation seeking centro multidisciplinare di psicologia. Zuckermans theory 14 posits that people who undertake risky outdoor behaviors are sensation seekers. For each question, please indicate which of the choices most describes your likes or the way you feel. In sensation seeking and risky behavior, marvin zuckerman offers a comprehensive view of the role of sensation seeking in a wide range of behaviors, from risky driving and sports through substance use, sex, and crime or other antisocial behaviors. One example of an issues is that the zukerman scale uses dated words, making it less suitable today. The first sensation seeking scale sss was developed in the early 1960s and since that time the instrument and the theory of the trait have evolved as a. The skiers where exposed to the brief sensation seeking scale bsss8. People who are high in sensation seeking are attracted to the unknown and as a result consistently seek the new, varied, and unpredictable. If you answered true to 8, 9, or 10 of the questions, you are probably somewhere in between on sensation seeking. Since then, the theory behind the trait has developed with research. Originally published in 1979, this title represents a summary of 17 years of research centring around the sensation seeking scale sss and the theory from which the test was derived. Zuckermans alternative five factor model and risk taking.
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