What is the sensation seeker? Personality trait and experience correlates of the Sensation-Seeking Scales.

M Zuckerman, RN Bone, R Neary…�- Journal of consulting�…, 1972 - psycnet.apa.org
M Zuckerman, RN Bone, R Neary, D Mangelsdorff, B Brustman
Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 1972psycnet.apa.org
Tested correlates of the Sensation-Seeking Scale (SSS) in 7 studies and 2 replications
using undergraduate Ss (N= 1,145). The SSS, or particular subscales of the SSS, were
related to an MMPI triad of F, Pd, and Ma and to a cluster of scales of the l6 PF which
indicated an uninhibited, nonconforming, impulsive, dominant type of extraversion, but not to
scales which measure a friendly type of sociability. The SSS was related to openness to new
experiences (E. Fitzgerald's Experience Inquiry scale) and to reported ranges of actual�…
Abstract
Tested correlates of the Sensation-Seeking Scale (SSS) in 7 studies and 2 replications using undergraduate Ss (N= 1,145). The SSS, or particular subscales of the SSS, were related to an MMPI triad of F, Pd, and Ma and to a cluster of scales of the l6 PF which indicated an uninhibited, nonconforming, impulsive, dominant type of extraversion, but not to scales which measure a friendly type of sociability. The SSS was related to openness to new experiences (E. Fitzgerald's Experience Inquiry scale) and to reported ranges of actual experience with sex, drugs, and alcohol. An attempt was made to develop a nonverbal SSS based on figure preferences which was only partially successful. The SSS was unrelated to scores on the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility and Rotter's Internal-External Control Scale.(33 ref.)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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