Reliability and validity of a brief measure of sensation seeking

Hoyle, Rick H.; Stephenson, Michael T.; Palmgreen, Philip; Lorch, Elizabeth Pugzles; Donohew, R. Lewis

doi:10.1016/s0191-8869(01)00032-0

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“…Sensation Seeking was assessed by the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (BSSS, Hoyle et al, 2002). The eight questions were derived from the SSS-V (Zuckerman et al, 1978) in a way that each of the four subscales (Experience seeking, Boredom susceptibility, Thrill and adventure seeking, and Disinhibition) is represented by two items from the original version.…”

Section: Addiction-related Psychological Constructs and Substance Usementioning

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Prevalence and construct validity of compulsive buying disorder in shopping mall visitors

Maráz

Brink

Demetrovics

2015

Psychiatry Research

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Compulsive buying is a relatively new psychopathological concept and very few data are currently available regarding the prevalence and validity of compulsive buying disorder. In this cross-sectional study, we establish the prevalence of compulsive buying disorder in shopping mall visitors and explore the construct validity of the concept using the revised version of the Edwards Compulsive Buying Scale in 1,441 shopping mall visitors looking at shopping habits, current substance use (smoking, alcohol and illicit drug) and various psychological characteristics. Overall,3) of our sample was classified as having a compulsive buying disorder. Compulsive buyers were younger, less educated and more likely to be female than non-compulsive buyers. They were also more likely to have used licit and illicit substances. Compulsive buyers also reported higher levels of impulsivity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms, lower levels of well-being and self-esteem and more psychological distress. Finally, compulsive buyers were five times more likely to meet criteria for borderline personality disorder than non-compulsive buyers. Compulsive buying is a frequent disorder in shopping mall visitors and is associated with important and robust indicators of psychopathology thus supporting the validity of the construct. Dear Professor Buchsbaum, E ö t v ö s L or á n d U n i ve r s i t y * I ns t i t ut e of P sy c h ol o g y D E P A R T M E N T O F C L I N I C A L P S Y C H O L O G Y Aniko MarazWe would like the attached manuscript titled 'Prevalence and construct validity of compulsive buying disorder in shopping mall visitors' to be considered for publication in Psychiatry Research. Although there is considerable research regarding in the field of compulsive buying behavior, the prevalence of the validity of the disorder are relatively unknown. In this cross-sectional study, 8.7% of our sample (n=1441) had compulsive buying disorder and we found that compulsive buying is associated with important and robust indicators of psychopathology thus supporting the validity of the construct.The authors (Aniko Maraz, Wim van den Brink, Zsolt Demetrovics) declare that they do not have any interests that could constitute a real, potential or apparent conflict of interest with respect to his/her involvement in the publication. The authors also declare that they do not have any financial or other relations (e.g. directorship, consultancy or speaker fee) with companies, trade associations, unions or groups (including civic associations and public interest groups) that may gain or lose financially from the results or conclusions in the study.The study was exclusively carried out by the investigators. The authors of this manuscript had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. This paper has not been, nor will be, published in whole or in part by any other journal and is under consideration for publication elsewhere. The submission to your journal ha...

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Section: Addiction-related Psychological Constructs and Substance Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Prevalence and construct validity of compulsive buying disorder in shopping mall visitors

Maráz

Brink

Demetrovics

2015

Psychiatry Research

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“…The LTA group consisted of 3 males and 10 females, all of them right-handed; while the HTA group consisted of females only, including 4 left-handed and 9 right-handed adults. Before the laboratory assessment, participants completed four personality questionnaires online: the barratt impulsiveness scale [27,28], the brief sensation seeking scale (BSSS) [29,30], the beck depression inventory (BDI) short version [25,31], and the state-trait anxiety inventory [23,24]. Before the assessment, participants received a description of the study and they gave their informed consent.…”

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High trait anxiety is associated with attenuated feedback-related negativity in risky decision making

Takács

Kóbor

Janacsek

et al. 2015

Neuroscience Letters

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h i g h l i g h t s• High (HTA) and low trait anxiety (LTA) adults performed a risk-taking task.• ERPs were measured in the balloon analogue risk task.• HTA adults showed smaller FRN after negative feedback than LTA adults.• The findings support the pessimistic expectation bias in anxiety. a r t i c l e i n f o b s t r a c tExpectation biases could affect decision making in trait anxiety. Studying the alterations of feedback processing in real-life risk-taking tasks could reveal the presence of expectation biases at the neural level. A functional relevance of the feedback-related negativity (FRN) is the expression of outcome expectation errors. The aim of the study was to investigate whether nonclinical adults with high trait anxiety show smaller FRN for negative feedback than those with low trait anxiety. Participants (N = 26) were assigned to low and high trait anxiety groups by a median split on the state-trait anxiety inventory trait score. They performed a balloon analogue risk task (BART) where they pumped a balloon on a screen. Each pump yielded either a reward or a balloon pop. If the balloon popped, the accumulated reward was lost. Participants were matched on their behavioral performance. We measured event-related brain potentials time-locked to the presentation of the feedback (balloon increase or pop). Our results showed that the FRN for balloon pops was decreased in the high anxiety group compared to the low anxiety group. We propose that pessimistic expectations triggered by the ambiguity in the BART decreased outcome expectation errors in the high anxiety group indicated by the smaller FRN. Our results highlight the importance of expectation biases at the neural level of decision making in anxiety.

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“…Sensation seeking was measured using the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (Hoyle, Stephenson, Palmgreen, Lorch, and Donohew, 2002). This revised version of Zuckerman's (1994) sensation-seeking scale consisted of eight items, for instance, "I like to do frightening things" and "I would love to have new and exciting experiences, even if they are illegal".…”

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Enjoyment of arousing television news: The role of age and sensation seeking

Kleemans

Vettehen

Eisinga³

et al. 2014

Communications

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This study investigated the role of television news as entertainment by focusing on the enjoyment that viewers experience while watching television news stories. In particular, the study examined the relationship between arousing news stories and enjoyment, and explored the potential moderating role of age and sensation seeking. Participants (N = 288) watched four news stories and reported both their feelings of arousal and their enjoyment of each story. An ∩-shaped relationship between arousal and enjoyment was found. This relationship was not moderated by sensation seeking, but it was moderated by age: The level of arousal at which enjoyment reached its maximum was higher in younger viewers.

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Reliability and validity of a brief measure of sensation seeking

Cited by 1,044 publications

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Prevalence and construct validity of compulsive buying disorder in shopping mall visitors

Prevalence and construct validity of compulsive buying disorder in shopping mall visitors

High trait anxiety is associated with attenuated feedback-related negativity in risky decision making

Enjoyment of arousing television news: The role of age and sensation seeking

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