Kalichman S C, Johnson J R, Adair V, Rompa D, Multhauf K, Kelly J A
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin.
J Pers Assess. 1994 Jun;62(3):385-97. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6203_1.
Sensation seeking, the propensity to prefer exciting, optimal, and novel stimulation or arousal, is a potential mediating factor in sexual risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV), the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). However, the most widely used measure of sensation seeking, the Sensation Seeking Scale (Zuckerman, Kolin, Price, & Zoob, 1964), contains numerous culturally outdated items and items that do not pertain to sexual behavior. In this study, 106 homosexually active men completed newly developed measures of sensation seeking related to sexual and nonsexual experiences, as well as a measure of sexual compulsivity. Results show that the new scales were internally consistent and time-stable. Additional analyses demonstrated convergent, divergent, and discriminant validity for these scales, showing them to be of use as mediating variables in models of high-risk sexual behavior. Implications for HIV prevention and behavior change are discussed.
寻求刺激，即倾向于偏好令人兴奋、最佳和新颖的刺激或唤起，是人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）感染性风险中的一个潜在中介因素，HIV是获得性免疫缺陷综合征（AIDS）的病因。然而，最广泛使用的寻求刺激的测量工具，即寻求刺激量表（祖克曼、科林、普赖斯和佐布，1964年），包含许多在文化上过时的项目以及与性行为无关的项目。在本研究中，106名有同性恋行为的男性完成了新开发的与性和非性经历相关的寻求刺激测量工具，以及一项性强迫测量工具。结果表明，新量表在内部是一致的且具有时间稳定性。进一步的分析证明了这些量表具有收敛效度、区分效度和判别效度，表明它们可作为高危性行为模型中的中介变量。文中讨论了对HIV预防和行为改变的启示。
