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Is Sensation Seeking a Stable Trait or Does it Change Over Time?
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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.
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Sensation seeking increases from childhood into adolescence.
“This overall pattern is further corroborated by a number of longitudinal studies following individuals from childhood into adolescence, which find that sensation seeking increases across this time period”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lynne-Landsman, S. D., Graber, J. A., Nichols, T. R., & Botvin, G. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Florida (US)
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Published
- 2010-03-31
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 48-58
- ISSN
- 0047-2891 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-6601
- PMC
- PMC3640329
- OpenAlex
- W2061465173
- Cited by
- 74
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 4 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 4.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5t32mh018834-24)
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- School for Public Health Research
- National Institute of Mental Health (T-32 MH018834)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA010767, F31DA021948, DA021948, DA 10767, P50DA007656, DA010767)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management › Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- sensation seeking, trait stability, developmental changes, adolescence, middle school youth, minority youth, aggression, delinquency, substance use, behavioral problems, group-based trajectory modeling
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Aggression, Attitude to Health, Exploratory Behavior, Female, Humans, Life Style, Male, Peer Group, Risk-Taking, Social Environment, Students, United States, Urban Population, Adolescent Development
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