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Sensation Seeking

Sensation Seeking is a personality construct representing an individual's predisposition toward the pursuit of novel, complex, and intense experiences, distinguished by a willingness to take physical, social, or psychological risks for the sake of such stimulation.

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Sensation seeking. Beyond the optimal level of arousal

H.J. Eysenck · Personality and Individual Differences · 1980 · 2.3K citations

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Sensation seeking in England and America: Cross-cultural, age, and sex comparisons.

Marvin Zuckerman, Sybil B. G. Eysenck, H. J. Eysenck · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 1978 · 1.9K citations

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Age differences in sensation seeking and impulsivity as indexed by behavior and self-report: Evidence for a dual systems model.

Laurence Steinberg, Dustin Albert, Elizabeth Cauffman et al. · Developmental Psychology · 2008 · 1.5K citations

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Behavioral expressions and biosocial bases of sensation seeking

Philip J. Corr · Personality and Individual Differences · 1995 · 1.5K citations

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Reliability and validity of a brief measure of sensation seeking

Rick H. Hoyle, Michael T. Stephenson, Philip Palmgreen et al. · Personality and Individual Differences · 2002 · 1.3K citations

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Authors

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  1. MZ
    Marvin Zuckerman

    University of Delaware, United States

    44 publications · 10.6K citations

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    Philip Palmgreen

    University of Kentucky, United States

    17 publications · 3.5K citations

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  3. MT
    Michael T. Stephenson

    Texas A&M University, United States

    13 publications · 3.1K citations

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  4. LD
    Lewis Donohew

    University of Kentucky, United States

    10 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. AA
    Antón Aluja

    Universitat de Lleida, Spain

    10 publications · 750 citations

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Institutions

961

  1. University of Kentucky

    Lexington, United States

    26 h-index

    116 publications

    21.3K citations

  2. University of Delaware

    Newark, United States

    26 h-index

    45 publications

    8.9K citations

  3. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

    15 h-index

    43 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. University of Missouri

    Columbia, United States

    14 h-index

    16 publications

    3.6K citations

  5. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    13 h-index

    32 publications

    4.6K citations

  6. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    12 h-index

    21 publications

    987 citations

  8. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    11 h-index

    29 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Personality and Individual Differences

    121 publications · 14.5K citations

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  2. Psychological Reports

    34 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. Frontiers in Psychology

    19 publications · 776 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 20 publications · 815 citations

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  5. Substance Use & Misuse

    15 publications · 775 citations

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