A Short Sensation-Seeking Scale

Madsen, Daniel B.; Das, Ajit K.; Bogen, Iver; Grossman, Eugene E.

doi:10.2466/pr0.1987.60.3c.1179

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“…Israeli ex-POWs (n = 164) and comparable controls (n = 184) were studied 18 years after their participation in the Yom Kippur War. The following scales were used: PTSD Inventory, The Impact of Event scale (IES), Symptom Checklist (SCL)-90 Self-Report of psychiatric symptoms, and short-form SSS (Madsen, Das, Bogan, & Grossman, 1987). The findings showed that high sensation seekers adjusted better to the stresses of captivity, used more active coping strategies, and were problemfocused, while low sensation seekers were more emotionfocused and used less creative and flexible thinking.…”

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Risk-Taking and Sensation Seeking in Military Contexts: A Literature Review

Breivik

Sand²,

Sookermany

2019

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The article is based on a literature review of studies covering risk-taking and sensation seeking within military contexts over a time span of 3 decades from 1983 to 2015. Literature was gathered through a four-stage search procedure identifying 25 studies of risk-taking and 16 studies of sensation seeking altogether. Because warfare and military conflicts are dangerous and risky pursuits, one could imagine there being a lot of empirical research about risk-taking and sensation seeking in the military. We have found this not to be the case. The research is both small in volume and scattered when it comes to use of theories, methods, and samples of military personnel. In general, there seem to be few clear research paradigms. The results of the empirical studies show that there are adaptive as well as nonadaptive forms of risk-taking in relation to military situations. Similarly, military personnel scoring high on sensation seeking possess certain advantages, for instance, dealing with stress and risk, yet may also cause problems of various kinds. The review ends by pointing out implications for research and practice.

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Section: Sensation Seeking Captivity and Postwar Experiencesmentioning

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Risk-Taking and Sensation Seeking in Military Contexts: A Literature Review

Breivik

Sand²,

Sookermany

2019

Sage Open

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“…The short version of the SSS, completed by the participants in the fifth sample, had a fairly poor internal reliability, Cronbach's a = .34 (M = 6.0, SD = 1.8), which is in fact lower than the internal reliability reported by (Madsen et al, 1987). Eliminating the first item ("I can't wait to get into the indoors on a cold day/ I am invigorated by a brisk, cold day") increased the internal reliability to Cronbach's Ȋ = .38.…”

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“…A subset of the participants in the third sample (the psychology students) completed the NFS and the trait anxiety measure of the STAI. The participants in the fourth sample completed the STAI, while the participants in the fifth sample completed the short version of the SSS (Madsen et al, 1987), in addition to the RS.…”

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“…The Risk Scale measure was compared to other scales that have been used to measure people's tendency to take risks. Specifically, these were the ERI, a short version of the SSS (Madsen, Das, Bogen, & Grossman, 1987) and five choices between a sure thing and a gamble (Schneider & Lopes, 1986). We anticipated a moderate correlation between the RS and the ERI, as they both measured a more general risktaking tendency.…”

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Security or opportunity: the effects of individual and situational factors on risk information preference

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“…The Short Sensation Seeking Scale (Madsen, Das, Bogen, & Grossman, 1987) is an abbreviated, 10-item version of the Sensation-Seeking Scale (V) reported by Zuckerman (1978). This form consists of one unidimensional scale that correlates highly with the total score on the Sensation Seeking Scale (V) (r=.94), and it has acceptable test-retest reliability (r=.78) (see appendix I).…”

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"My partner wasn't so disgusting when we first started dating, what happened?" : an exploration of change processes in close relationships and their causes."

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DEDICATIONThis dissertation is dedicated to my father, Mr. Clifford E. Shamblen who has taught me not to be afraid of aspiration.iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my primary advisor, Dr. Michael Cunningham, for his guidance and patience throughout the dissertation process. More importantly, I would like to thank him for all that he has taught during my tenure as a graduate student. I would also like thank my other dissertation committee members, Drs. Anita Barbee, James Beggan, John Birkimer, and Stan Murrell for their helpful comments and continued commitment to seeing me through the dissertation process between my proposal oral nearly 3 ½ years ago and the present time.I would like to thank my wife, Jackie, for seeing me through this journey, which, of-course, has its' ups and downs. I thank her for the support, love, and encouragement that she gave to me during the many nights I spent on the computer late into the night. We are more likely to "hurt the one's we love" than we are complete strangers (cf. R. Miller, 1991Miller, , 1997. Early in dating relationships, partners appear to me more likely to manage their impressions to present themselves as better than they really are (romantic inflation), and later in relationships, partners may behave in a manner that is worse than their typical behavior (post romanticism). The social allergy and social enrichment constructs are relevant to these phenomena, as these typologies focus on partner behaviors that are rather minor in their impact on an individual's affect to behaviors that have a major impact on an individual's affect. Negative non-intentional negative behaviors are presumed to be related to negative sex-role stereotypes, with men engaging in more and increasing their frequency of bad habits and women engaging in more and increasing their frequency of inconsiderate behaviors. Changes in these behaviors are also presumed to be related to changes in relationship outcomes according to the investment model.Two preliminary studies were conducted to examine stereotypes about changes over the first year of dating relationships using a sample of 161 undergraduates (study 1) and to examine the relationship between partner behaviors and individual satisfaction using a cross-sectional sample of 124 couples dating an average of 5.25 months (study 2). Study three examined investment model predictions, as well as examining possible explanations for why partners may increase vi their frequency of negative behaviors and decrease their frequency of positive behaviors. A longitudinal sample of 70 couples dating an average of 13.53 months was followed for two months to examine these questions.The present series of studies suggest that it is largely negative relationship behaviors that increase in frequency over the course of time in dating relationships. Consistent evidence was found for gender differences in behavior corresponding to negative sex-role stereotypes, with men being seen as engaging in more bad habit behaviors and women being seen as engaging in more...

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A Short Sensation-Seeking Scale

Cited by 47 publications

References 2 publications

Risk-Taking and Sensation Seeking in Military Contexts: A Literature Review

Risk-Taking and Sensation Seeking in Military Contexts: A Literature Review

Security or opportunity: the effects of individual and situational factors on risk information preference

"My partner wasn't so disgusting when we first started dating, what happened?" : an exploration of change processes in close relationships and their causes."

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