Is Sensation Seeking a Stable Trait or Does It Change over Time?

Autor/inn/en	Lynne-Landsman, Sarah D.; Graber, Julia A.; Nichols, Tracy R.; Botvin, Gilbert J.
Titel	Is Sensation Seeking a Stable Trait or Does It Change over Time?
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40 (2011) 1, S.48-58 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-010-9529-2
Schlagwörter	Behavior Theories; Personality Traits; Delinquency; Adolescents; Grade 6; Correlation; Behavior Problems; Behavior Change; Urban Youth; Minority Groups; Longitudinal Studies; Middle School Students; Aggression; Risk; Substance Abuse + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Kriminalität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Korrelation; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Ethnische Minderheit; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Risiko; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum
Abstract	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 youth (53% female), followed longitudinally across middle school (6th-8th grades). Group-based trajectory analysis identified a stable low group (20%), a moderate increasing group (60%), and a stable high group (20%) each of which demonstrated unique associations with changes in problem behaviors. Stable low sensation seekers reported consistently low levels of aggression, delinquency, and substance use across middle school. Moderate increasing sensation seekers reported significant increases in these risk behaviors over time from levels near zero in the 6th grade. Stable high sensation seekers reported high, stable levels of aggression and delinquency upon entry into middle school as well as significant increases in substance use across middle school. These results lend support to both theories and highlight a need for caution when categorizing adolescents as high or low sensation seekers. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10