The four dimensions of sensation seeking: a confirmatory factor analysis |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Interaction Science, Sungkyunkwan University, B304 International Hall, 25-2, Sungkyunkwan-Ro, Jongno-Gu, Seoul 03063, South Korea;2. Division of Media Communication, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, 103-2 Social Science Hall, 107, Imun-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02450, South Korea;1. Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Computationnelles, Institut National de la Santé et Recherche Médicale, Paris, France;2. Département d’Études Cognitives, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France;3. Université de Recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres, Paris, France;4. Paris School of Economics, Paris, France;5. LabNIC, Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland;6. Swiss Center for Affective Science, Geneva, Switzerland;1. School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi''an 710062, China;2. School of Education, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China;3. Ningbo Branch of China CITIC Bank, Ningbo 315000, China |
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| Abstract: | The factor structure of the Sensation Seeking Scale, Form V was obtained for a large Canadian sample consisting of 299 males and 439 females. Constrained maximum likelihood confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that both male and female factors correspond to the four-dimensional model of sensation seeking postulated by Zuckerman (1979). These findings are in close agreement with previous reports of the factor structure and psychometric indices obtained with other cultural and national groups. However, the four factors accounted for only 21% of the variation for males and 20% for females. This finding is consistent with the modest KR-20 values obtained for the test subscales. Items displaying undesirable psychometric characteristics common to the present study and the extant literature are identified. |
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