van Dongen Josanne D M, de Groot Manon, Rassin Eric, Hoyle Rick H, Franken Ingmar H A
Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2021 Jan 19;29(1):20-32. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2020.1821825. eCollection 2022.
Sensation seeking is a personality trait that manifests as a preference for change, variety and novelty. Sensation seeking has been positively associated with different externalising behaviours. However, its associations with psychopathic traits, impulsivity and aggression are unclear. These associations were examined via the psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (BSSS) using individuals from the general population and forensic patients. The results show that the BSSS has good psychometric properties, including test-retest reliability and a four-factor structure. Additionally, the results support associations between sensation seeking and psychopathic traits, impulsivity and total scores of aggression but revealed no specific associations with different types of aggression (e.g. proactive and reactive). The Dutch BSSS is a valuable tool for assessing sensation seeking in both the general population and forensic patients. Future research should further examine its utility and explore the role of sensation seeking in antisocial conduct.
寻求刺激是一种人格特质，表现为对变化、多样和新奇的偏好。寻求刺激与不同的外化行为呈正相关。然而，它与精神病态特质、冲动性和攻击性之间的关联尚不清楚。通过使用来自普通人群和法医鉴定患者的个体，对荷兰版简明寻求刺激量表（BSSS）的心理测量特性进行了研究，以检验这些关联。结果表明，BSSS具有良好的心理测量特性，包括重测信度和四因素结构。此外，结果支持寻求刺激与精神病态特质、冲动性和攻击性总分之间的关联，但未发现与不同类型的攻击行为（如主动性和反应性攻击）有特定关联。荷兰版BSSS是评估普通人群和法医鉴定患者寻求刺激的有价值工具。未来的研究应进一步检验其效用，并探索寻求刺激在反社会行为中的作用。
