2 MEASURES OF SENSATION SEEKING AS PREDICTORS OF ALCOHOL-USE AMONG HIGH-SCHOOL MALES

Authors
ANDREW M CRONIN C
Citation
M. Andrew et C. Cronin, 2 MEASURES OF SENSATION SEEKING AS PREDICTORS OF ALCOHOL-USE AMONG HIGH-SCHOOL MALES, Personality and individual differences, 22(3), 1997, pp. 393-401
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social
Journal title
Personality and individual differences → ACNP
ISSN journal
01918869
Volume
22
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
393 - 401
Database
ISI
SICI code
0191-8869(1997)22:3<393:2MOSSA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The current study compared two self-report measures of sensation seeki ng as predictors of alcohol use among Australian high school adolescen t males. Zuckerman's (1979) Sensation Seeking Scale was compared to Ar nett's recently developed (1994) Inventory of Sensation Seeking (AISS) as predictors of frequency and quantity measures of alcohol use, incl uding a measure of binge drinking. The findings suggest the need for i ntensity of stimulation accounts for the relationship between sensatio n seeking and alcohol use. These results also extend the documented re lationship between sensation seeking and alcohol use to an Australian adolescent male population. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.