Avocational sensation seeking in high and low risk-taking occupations

Musolino, Robert F; Hershenson, David B.

doi:10.1016/0001-8791(77)90069-0

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“…Thus air-traffic controllers have periods of high stress when many flights are competing for space alternating with low activity periods (Musolino and Hershenson, 1977). Thus air-traffic controllers have periods of high stress when many flights are competing for space alternating with low activity periods (Musolino and Hershenson, 1977).…”

Section: Vocationsmentioning

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Sensation Seeking: Behavioral Expressions and Biosocial Bases

Zuckerman

2015

International Encyclopedia of the Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences

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Section: Vocationsmentioning

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Sensation Seeking: Behavioral Expressions and Biosocial Bases

Zuckerman

2015

International Encyclopedia of the Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences

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“…Indeed, it is proposed that such individuals -labeled sensation seekers -are willing to take deliberate physical risks in order to experience the sensation rewards of risky activities (Zuckerman, 2007). High sensation seekers tend voluntarily to engage more than low sensation seekers in drug research, gambling, and jobs involving high levels of risk (Musolino & Hershenson, 1977;Zuckerman, 1979). We hypothesized that sensation seeking would be significantly positively correlated with DRT.…”

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Not All Risks Are Equal: The Risk Taking Inventory for High-Risk Sports

Woodman¹,

Barlow²,

Bandura³

et al. 2013

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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Although high-risk sport participants are typically considered a homogenous risk-taking population, attitudes to risk within the high-risk domain can vary considerably. As no validated measure allows researchers to assess risk taking within this domain, we validated the Risk Taking Inventory (RTI) for high-risk sport across four studies. The RTI comprises seven items across two factors: deliberate risk taking and precautionary behaviors. In Study 1 (n = 341), the inventory was refined and tested via a confirmatory factor analysis used in an exploratory fashion. The subsequent three studies confirmed the RTI’s good model–data fit via three further separate confirmatory factor analyses. In Study 2 (n = 518) and in Study 3 (n = 290), concurrent validity was also confirmed via associations with other related traits (sensation seeking, behavioral activation, behavioral inhibition, impulsivity, self-esteem, extraversion, and conscientiousness). In Study 4 (n = 365), predictive validity was confirmed via associations with mean accidents and mean close calls in the high-risk domain. Finally, in Study 4, the self-report version of the inventory was significantly associated with an informant version of the inventory. The measure will allow researchers and practitioners to investigate risk taking as a variable that is conceptually distinct from participation in a high-risk sport.

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“…However, researchers have demonstrated that a disposition toward novel and intense experiences may be expressed in ways other than health-compromising behaviors, including occupational choice (Musolino & Hershenson, 1977) and involvement in recreational activities (Joireman, Fick, & Anderson, 2002). Therefore, it may be inaccurate to assume that sensation seeking leads to outcomes that are unidimensionally maladaptive and harmful.…”

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The Association Between Sensation Seeking and Well-Being Among College-Attending Emerging Adults

Ravert¹,

Kim²,

Schwartz³

et al. 2013

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Sensation seeking is a known risk factor for unsafe and reckless behavior among college students, but its association with well-being is unknown. Given that exploration plays an important psychosocial role during the transition to adulthood, we examined the possibility that sensation seeking is also associated with psychological well-being. In a large multisite US college sample (N = 8,020), scores on the Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking were positively associated with risk behavior, psychological well-being, and eudaimonic well-being. When sensation seeking dimensions were examined separately, well-being was found to be associated with high novelty seeking but with low intensity seeking.

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Avocational sensation seeking in high and low risk-taking occupations

Cited by 30 publications

References 5 publications

Sensation Seeking: Behavioral Expressions and Biosocial Bases

Sensation Seeking: Behavioral Expressions and Biosocial Bases

Not All Risks Are Equal: The Risk Taking Inventory for High-Risk Sports

The Association Between Sensation Seeking and Well-Being Among College-Attending Emerging Adults

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