Within-person variability in sensation-seeking during daily life: Positive associations with alcohol use and self-defined risky behaviors.

ABSTRACT: Sensation-seeking is the seeking of varied, novel, and intense experiences and the willingness to take risks to engage in these experiences. Sensation-seeking is associated with engagement in risky behaviors but questions remain concerning the role of within-person variability in sensation-seeking. We use data from a 21-day daily diary from 167 participants (mean age = 25.37, SD = 7.34) to test within-person associations between sensation-seeking and both alcohol use and self-reported risk-taking. Participants also reported the riskiest behavior they engaged in each day, allowing insight into the perceived risky behaviors that participants take during daily life. Results indicate those days of higher than usual sensation-seeking are more likely to be days on which alcohol is consumed relat

SUBMITTER: Lydon-Staley DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7064376 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature