
Sensation Seeking and Risky Behavior
Marvin Zuckerman(Author)
American Psychological Association (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 2007
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-59147-738-9 (ISBN)
Description
Risky behavior can be an expression of a normal, genetically influenced personality trait, sensation seeking. Its expression in risky behaviors such as extreme and risky sports, vocations, substance abuse, unsafe sex, and crime, among others, is the topic of this fascinating and accessible book. In ""Sensation Seeking and Risky Behavior"", Marvin Zuckerman offers a comprehensive view of the role of sensation seeking in a wide range of behaviors, from risky driving and sports through substance use, sex, and crime or other antisocial behaviors. How the personality trait sensation seeking relates to these risky behaviors is described and explained in terms of genetics, biology, attitudes, and expectancies. Insights into prevention and treatment of maladaptive forms of sensation seeking, like substance abuse and unsaf sexual activity, based on the published research, are offered.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations
ISBN-13
978-1-59147-738-9 (9781591477389)
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