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Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development 3/2015

01-06-2015 | Original Article

Sensation Seeking Predicting Growth in Adolescent Problem Behaviors

Auteurs: Gayle R. Byck, Gregory Swann, Benjamin Schalet, John Bolland, Brian Mustanski

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 3/2015

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Abstract

There is limited literature on the relationship between sensation seeking and adolescent risk behaviors, particularly among African Americans. We tested the association between psychometrically-derived subscales of the Zuckerman Sensation Seeking Scale and the intercepts and slopes of individual growth curves of conduct problems, sexual risk taking, and substance use from ages 13 to 18 years by sex. Boys and girls had different associations between sensation seeking and baseline levels and growth of risk behaviors. The Pleasure Seeking scale was associated with baseline levels of conduct problems in boys and girls, baseline substance use in boys, and growth in sexual risk taking and substance use by girls. Girls had the same pattern of associations with the Danger/Novelty scale as the Pleasure Seeking scale. Knowledge about the relationships between adolescent risk taking and sensation seeking can help in the targeted design of prevention and intervention programs for the understudied population of very low-income, African American adolescents.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Sensation Seeking Predicting Growth in Adolescent Problem Behaviors
Auteurs
Gayle R. Byck
Gregory Swann
Benjamin Schalet
John Bolland
Brian Mustanski
Publicatiedatum
01-06-2015
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-014-0486-y

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