Psychological Development and Education ›› 2006, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (4): 103-108.

Previous Articles     Next Articles

The Development and Application of Primary and Middle School Students’ Sensation Seeking Scale

CHEN Li-na1, ZHANG Ming2, JIN Zhi-cheng1, ZHAO Shan3, MEI Song-li4   

  1. 1. Department of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631;
    2. Department of Psychology, Northeast China Normal University, Changchun 130024;
    3. Department of Philosophy, Anhui University, Hefei 230039;
    4. School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun 130021
  • Online:2006-10-15 Published:2006-10-15

PDF (PC)

Abstract: This paper first defined the construct of sensation seeking of primary and middle school students, based upon previous literature and experimental research work and constructed a preliminary questionnaire to measure primary school and middle school students' sensation seeking.After pilot testing and a series of revisions, a 30 item scale, named the Primary and Middle School Students Sensation Seeking Scale, was constructed.Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis found that this scale had two dimensions, thrill and adventure seeking, and disinhibition.These empirical dimensions were theoretically interpretable, and the new Scale was tested to be reliable and valid enough to be applicable to measure sensation seeking of primary and middle school students.The characters of Chinese children and adolescents sensation seeking actually had the same tendency as those showed in other researches.The males' sensation seeking level was higher than that of the females.Children and adolescents' sensation seeking level developed with age.

Key words: primary and middle school students, sensation seeking, risk-taking behavior, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis

[1] Zarevski P,MarušIć I,Zolotić S et al..Contribution of Arnett's inventory of sensation seeking and Zuckerman's sensation seeking scale to the differentiation of athletes engaged in high and low risk sports.Personality and Individual Differences,1998,25:763-768.
[2] Jack S J,Ronan K R.Sensation seeking among high-and low-risk sports participants.Personality and Individual Differences,1998,25:1063-1083.
[3] Malkin M J,Rabinowitz E.Sensation seeking and high-risk recreation.Parks and Recreation,1998,7:34-45.
[4] Thomss J J,Karen L C.Sensation seeking and drinking game participation in heavy-drinking college students.Addictive Behaviors,2000,25(1):109-116.
[5] Kopstein A N,Crum R M,Celentano D D,et al.Sensation seeking needs among 8th and 1 1th graders:characteristics associated with cigarette and marijuana use.Drug and Alcohol Dependence,2001,62:195-203.
[6] 方晓义.青少年的吸烟饮酒行为与人格特征的关系.心理发展与教育,1996,2:49-53,42.
[7] Nower L,Derevensky J L,Gupta R.The relationship of impulsivity,sensation seeking,coping,and substance use in youth gamblers.Psychology of Addictive Behaviors,2004,18(1):49-55.
[8] Trull T J,Waudby C J,Sher K J.Alcohol,tobacco,and drug use disorders and personality disorder symptoms.Experimental and Clinical Psychophamacology,2004,12(1):65-75.
[9] Sunny S J Li,Chin-Chung Tsai.Sensation seeking and internet dependence of Taiwanese high school adolescents.Computers in Human Behavior,2002,18:411-426.
[10] 景晓娟,张雨青.药物成瘾者的感觉寻求人格特征.心理科学进展,2004,12(1):67-71.
[11] Roth M.Validation of the Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking (AISS):efficiency to predict the willingness towards occupational chance,and affection by social desirability.Personality and Individual Differences,2003,35:1307-1314.
[12] Lourey E,McLachlan A.Elements of sensation seeking and their relationship with two aspects of humour appreciation-perceived funniness and overt expression.Personality and Individual Differences,2003,35:277-287.
[13] Galloway G,Lopez K.Sensation seeking and attitudes to aspects of national parks:a preliminary empirical investigation.Tourism Management,1999,20:665-671.
[14] Carton S,Jouvent R,Bungener C,et al.Sensation seeking and depressive mood.Personality and Individual Differences,1992,7:843-849.
[15] Watten V P,Watten R G.Psychological profiles in patients with medically refractory epilepsy.Seizure,1999,8:304-309.
[16] Malkin M J,Rabinowitz E.Sensaion seeking and high-risk recreation.Parks and Recreation,1998,7:34-45.
[17] 张明,陈丽娜.感觉寻求与青少年冒险行为研究的现状和趋势.东北师大学报(哲学社会科学版),2003,203(3):125-129.
[18] Stephenson M T,Hoyle R H,Palmgreen P,et al.Brief measures of sensation seeking for screening and large-scale surveys.Drug and Alcohol Dependence,2003,72:279-286.
[19] Caroline P L.Ripa,Hansen H S,Mortensen E L,et al.A Danish version of sensation seeking scale and its relation to a broad spectrum of behavioral and psychological characteristics.Personality and Individual Differences,2001,30:1371-1386.
[20] Michel G,Mouren-Siméoni M-C,Perez-Diaz F,et al..Construction and validation of a sensation seeking scale for adolescents.Personality and Individual Differences,1999,26:159-174.
[21] 张雨青,陈仲庚.感觉寻求量表对我国被试的测定与因素分析.心理学报,1988,3:328-334.
[22] Wang W,Wu Y X,Peng Z G,et al.Test of sensation seeking in a Chinese sample.Personality and Individual Differences,2000,28:169-179.
[23] Glicksohn J,Abulafia J.Embedding sensation seeking within the big three.Personality and Individual Differences,1998,25:1085-1099.
[24] 蔡永红,林崇德,陈学锋.学生评价教师绩效的结构验证性因素分析.心理学报,2003,35(3):362-369.
[25] Zuckerman M.Behavioral expressions and biosocial bases of sensation seeking.New York:Cambridge University Press.1994:37-38.
[26] Newcomb M D,Mcgee L.Adolescent alcohol use and other delinquent behaviors:A one-year longitudinal analysis controlling for sensation seeking.Criminal Justice and Behavior,1989,3:345-369.
[27] Romero E,Luengo M A,Sobral J.Personality and antisocial behavior:study of temperamental dimensions.Personality and Individual Differences,2001,31:329-348.
[28] Zuekerman M.Sensation seeking:Beyond the optimal level of arousal.Hillsdale,NJ:Erlbaum.1979:10.
[1] WANG Yue, ZHANG Bao, ZHOU Hui. Mindful Awareness and Mental Health among Primary and Middle School Students: The Cross-time Mediating Effect of Emotion Regulation and Positive Appraisal [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2022, 38(5): 692-702.
[2] LI Wenfu, JIA Xuqing, LI Gongying, ZHANG Qinglin. The Effect of Parenting Style on Mobile Phone Addiction: The Chain Mediating Effect of Self-control and Sensation Seeking [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2021, 37(5): 660-667.
[3] LIU Yanchun, CHEN Jiao. The Curvilinear Relationship between Paternal and Maternal Psychological Control and Adolescents' Risk-taking Behavior: The Moderating Effect of Adolescents' Self-esteem [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2019, 35(4): 401-410.
[4] LIU Lingling, TIAN Lumei, GUO Junjie. The Associations of Parent-adolescent Relationship with Adolescent Risk-taking Behavior: A Moderated Mediating Model [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2019, 35(2): 210-218.
[5] TIAN Lumei, LIU Lingling, YUAN Jingchi, SHAN Nan, WU Yunlong. Effects of Family Functioning on Adolescent Risk-taking Behavior: The Sequential Mediating Effects of Self-control Ability and Deviant Peer Affiliation [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2018, 34(3): 361-368.
[6] WANG Bing, TIAN Lumei, DONG Xinyue. The Relationship between Family Functioning and Adolescent Negative Risk-taking Behavior: A Moderated Mediating Model [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2018, 34(2): 146-154.
[7] TIAN Lumei, YUAN Jingchi, LIU Lu, LIU Lingling. The Relationship between Peer Status and Risk-Taking Behavior of Adolescents:A Moderated Mediating Model [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2017, 33(5): 535-543.
[8] LIAO Yaqiong, YE Baojuan, JIN Ping, XU Qiang, LI Aimei. The Effect of Resilience on Mobile Phone Addiction among Minority Preparatory Students in Han District:Moderated Mediating Effect [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2017, 33(4): 487-495.
[9] TIAN Lumei, WU Yunlong, YUAN Jingchi, SHAN Nan, LIU Lu. The Relation between Parent-Adolescent Relationship and Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2017, 33(1): 76-84.
[10] YUAN Jingchi, YU Fangrong, TIAN Lumei. Effects of Sensation Seeking and Peer Pressure on Tobacco and Alcohol Use among High School Students [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2016, 32(4): 486-494.
[11] TIAN Lumei, XIA Dayong, LI Yongmei, SHAN Nan, LIU Xiang. The Relationships between Positive Peer Pressure and Self-Esteem and Various Risk-Taking Behaviors of Adolescents [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2016, 32(3): 349-357.
[12] CHEN Xiaohui, SHI Wendian. Cross-legged Regression Analysis of Relationship between Academic Self-concept and Academic Achievement in Primary and Middle School Students:Test of Reciprocal Effect Model and Development Perspective [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2016, 32(1): 81-88.
[13] YE Bao-juan, Liu Jian-ping, YANG Qiang. The Effect Mechanism of Sensation Seeking on Reform School Students’ Pathological Internet Use [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2014, 30(1): 96-104.
[14] YE Bao-juan, YANG Qiang, HU Zhu-jing. The Effect Mechanism of Parental Control, Deviant Peers and Sensation Seeking on Drug Use among Reform School Students [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2012, 28(6): 641-650.
[15] PAN Yun, BAI Xue-jun, SHEN De-li, ZHAO Shou-ying. Endogenous and Exogenous Attention Affected Primary and Middle School Students’ SNARC Effect [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2012, 28(6): 561-568.
Viewed
Full text


Abstract

Cited
  Shared   
  Discussed   
No Suggested Reading articles found!
Copyright 2018 © Editorial office of Psychological Development and Education
Supported by Beijing Magtech Co.Ltd