Title of Dissertation: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN EMOTIONAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO TELEVISED SPORTS VIOLENCE: A TEST OF SENSATION SEEKING THEORY Shu-Chen Lee, Doctor of Philosophy, 2006 Dissertation Directed By: Professor Bradley D. Hatfield Department of Kinesiology Purpose: To test sensation-seeking theory as an explanation for individual differences in emotional and physiological resp...

The theory of sensation seeking has conceptualized this construct as a stable personality trait associated with a variety of problem behaviors. Reckless behavior theory posits that increases in reckless behavior during adolescence can be attributed, in part, to increases in sensation seeking. This study evaluated patterns of stability and change in sensation seeking among 868 urban, minority yo...

BACKGROUND Sensation-seeking is a trait that constitutes an important vulnerability factor for a variety of psychopathologies with high social cost. However, little is understood either about the mechanisms underlying motivation for intense sensory experiences or their neuropharmacological modulation in humans. METHODS Here, we first evaluate a novel paradigm to investigate sensation-seeking ...

Sensation seeking (SS) has traditionally been viewed as a phenomenon of the appetitive motivational system. The limited SS research exploring contributions from the aversive motivational system reveals greater anxious reactivity to dangerous activities among low sensation seekers. The present study extends this line of work by comparing levels of fear and anxiety during anticipation of predicta...

Background Scientific evidences show that drivers who drink and drive tend to be more impulsive and high sensation seekers, as well as more susceptible to risky behaviors and traffic accidents. Aims To compare drivers who had DUI infractions in the previous year with drivers who did not in relation to their rates of impulsivity, sensation seeking (SS) and traffic risk behaviors. Methods The sam...

The study examined gender and age differences in the relationship between sensation seeking sexual risk behaviors among secondary school students Kenya. was conducted Kisumu Municipality. chosen as it is one of leading regions HIV prevalence, estimated at 15%. prevalence assumed to indicate a positive high risk-taking behavior. A sample size 357 adolescents (44% males 56% females) drawn using s...

Sensation seeking is a core personality trait that declines with age in both men and women, as do also both density and availability of the dopamine D(2/3) receptors in striatum and cortical regions. In contrast, novelty seeking at a given age relates inversely to dopamine receptor availability. The simplest explanation of these findings is an inverted-U-shaped correlation between ratings of se...

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In this study, we examined online sexual activity (OSA) in Mainland China. Specifically, characteristics of OSA and its relation with sexual sensation seeking and sociosexuality were investigated. OSAs were categorized as viewing sexually-explicit material (SEM), sexual partner seeking, cybersex, and flirting. Participants (N = 460) completed measures of OSA experience within the past 12 months...