Further evidence for the validity of the Need Inventory of Sensation Seeking |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Koblenz-Landau, Institute for Communication Psychology and Media Education, Fortstr. 7, 76829 Landau, Germany;2. University of Hohenheim, Institute of Communication Science, Department of Media Psychology, Wollgrasweg 23, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany;1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA;2. Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School—Nepean, University of Sydney, Penrith NSW, Australia;1. School of Information and Electrical Engineering, Panzhihua University, Panzhihua, Sichuan 617000, PR China;2. School of Automation Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, PR China;1. Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Rendsburggade 14, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark;2. Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience/MINDLab, Danish Neuroscience Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Nørrebrogade 44, Building 1A, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark;3. Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET-Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, Indgang J, Plan 2, J220, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark;4. Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Herchel Smith Building for Brain & Mind Sciences, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SZ, United Kingdom;5. Behavioral and Clinical Neurosciences Institute, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2, 3EB, United Kingdom;6. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge Rd, Fulbourn, Cambridge CB21 5HH, United Kingdom;7. Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Psychological Institute, Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 10, Aarhus C, Denmark;1. Department of Health Sciences, Psychology and Psychiatry Unit, University of Florence, Florence, Italy;2. Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;3. Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Abstract: | The Need Inventory of Sensation Seeking (NISS) by Roth and Hammelstein (2012) conceptualizes sensation seeking as a motivational trait, a need for stimulation that can provoke different behaviors. Extending the area of application to the field of sexuality, the results of an online survey with a convenience sample (N = 368) provided evidence that the NISS outperforms traditional measures of sensation seeking. In a series of hierarchical regression analyses, the NISS added incremental variance in predicting the number of sexual partners and the frequency of extreme sexual behaviors and fantasies. No relationship between the NISS and pornography use was found. Moreover, the NISS subscale Need for Stimulation performed better than the subscale Avoidance of Rest. Overall, the study supported the assumption that the NISS is a valid and reliable instrument in the area of sexuality. |
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| Keywords: | Need Inventory of Sensation Seeking Incremental validity Extreme sexual behaviors and fantasies Pornography |
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