The Association Between Sensation Seeking and Well-Being Among College-Attending Emerging Adults | Zendy

Russell D. Ravert | Zendy; Su Yeong Kim | Zendy; Seth J. Schwartz | Zendy; Robert S. Weisskirch | Zendy; Byron L. Zamboanga | Zendy; Lindsay S. Ham | Zendy; M. Brent Donnellan | Zendy; Melina Bersamin | Zendy

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The Association Between Sensation Seeking and Well-Being Among College-Attending Emerging Adults

Author(s) -

Russell D. Ravert,

Su Yeong Kim,

Seth J. Schwartz,

Robert S. Weisskirch,

Byron L. Zamboanga,

Lindsay S. Ham,

M. Brent Donnellan,

Melina Bersamin

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of college student development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055

H-Index - 76

eISSN - 1543-3382

pISSN - 0897-5264

DOI - 10.1353/csd.2013.0004

Subject(s) - sensation seeking , psychology , psychosocial , novelty seeking , association (psychology) , clinical psychology , sensation , novelty , social psychology , big five personality traits , psychiatry , personality , psychotherapist , neuroscience

Sensation seeking is a known risk factor for unsafe and reckless behavior among college students, but its association with well-being is unknown. Given that exploration plays an important psychosocial role during the transition to adulthood, we examined the possibility that sensation seeking is also associated with psychological well-being. In a large multisite US college sample (N = 8,020), scores on the Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking were positively associated with risk behavior, psychological well-being, and eudaimonic well-being. When sensation seeking dimensions were examined separately, well-being was found to be associated with high novelty seeking but with low intensity seeking.

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