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Cross-cultural validity of the Sensation Seeking Scale: development of a French abbreviated form

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

S Carton ,
R Jouvent  and
D Widlöcher
S Carton
Affiliation:
Inserm U302 (groupe COGNEM) Psychopathologie et psychopharmacologie des comportements, Pavillon Clérambault, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, 47 bd de l’Hôpital, Paris, France
R Jouvent
Affiliation:
Inserm U302 (groupe COGNEM) Psychopathologie et psychopharmacologie des comportements, Pavillon Clérambault, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, 47 bd de l’Hôpital, Paris, France
D Widlöcher
Affiliation:
Inserm U302 (groupe COGNEM) Psychopathologie et psychopharmacologie des comportements, Pavillon Clérambault, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, 47 bd de l’Hôpital, Paris, France
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Summary

This study presents the principal component analysis of Zuckerman’s Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS form IV - 72 items). The results of the analysis of the French form support the existence of the four distinct dimensions of sensation seeking identified by Zuckerman, and replicated in a large number of studies. On the basis of this structure, an abbreviated form of the scale (40 items) has been constructed. It ressembles Zuckerman’s SSS form V. Attention is drawn to items that do not load significantly on the expected factor. The shorter form should be more useful in following-up research on sensation seeking in psychopathology.

Keywords

Sensation Seeking Scaledimensions of sensation seekingFrench abbreviated form
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European Psychiatry , Volume 7 , Issue 5 , 1992 , pp. 225 - 234
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1992

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