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

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

doi:10.1353/csd.2013.0004

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

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

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

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.

Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of College Student Development
Volume	54
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2013.0004
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

Disciplines

Psychology

Access to Document

10.1353/csd.2013.0004License: Unspecified

Cite this

@article{074e67e493464c6183fc06cdefb1b9d1,

title = "The Association Between Sensation Seeking and Well-Being Among College-Attending Emerging Adults",

abstract = " 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.",

author = "Ravert, \{Russell D.\} and Kim, \{Su Yeong\} and Schwartz, \{Seth J.\} and Weisskirch, \{Robert S.\} and Zamboanga, \{Byron L.\} and Ham, \{Lindsay S.\} and Donnellan, \{M. Brent\} and Bersamin, \{Melina M.\}",

note = "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.",

year = "2013",

doi = "10.1353/csd.2013.0004",

language = "American English",

volume = "54",

journal = "Journal of College Student Development",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Association Between Sensation Seeking and Well-Being Among College-Attending Emerging Adults

AU - Ravert, Russell D.

AU - Kim, Su Yeong

AU - Schwartz, Seth J.

AU - Weisskirch, Robert S.

AU - Zamboanga, Byron L.

AU - Ham, Lindsay S.

AU - Donnellan, M. Brent

AU - Bersamin, Melina M.

N1 - 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.

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/article/497041

U2 - 10.1353/csd.2013.0004

DO - 10.1353/csd.2013.0004

M3 - Article

C2 - 34334947

VL - 54

JO - Journal of College Student Development

JF - Journal of College Student Development

ER -

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

Abstract

Disciplines

Access to Document

Other files and links

Cite this