Technology is an integral part of both modern culture and day-to-day communication. Older adults' relationships with technology are completely different than younger adults' because of the way they have learned to incorporate it into their lives. Past research has shown that certain personality traits can predict technology use in younger adults. The current research hopes to take that finding and see if it applies to older adults, too. Four hypotheses were generated. Participants took a survey that consisted of five different scales and measures. Participants also were asked to answer demographic questions. Independent-sample t-tests and bivariate correlations were run on the data. Results showed that general technology use was not significantly correlated to a participant's age. There were significant correlations between the two age groups and psychological well-being, feelings of attachment to peers, technology use subscales and sensation seeking subscales. Future studies should examine the possible relationship of technology use subscales amongst the older population and their attitudes towards technology.

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Psychopathy, as conceptualized by Cleckley (1941), describes a constellation of psychological and behavioral correlates including superficial charm, untruthfulness, lack of remorse or shame, poor judgment, and failure to learn from experience. Based on Cleckley's initial work, Hare (1991) developed a two-factor model of psychopathy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the roles that sensation seeking, impulsivity, ADHD, conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder have on adolescents classified as psychopaths. The participants consisted of 79 adjudicated male adolescents in a maximum-security facility. As hypothesized, adolescent male psychopaths had higher levels of sensation seeking, impulsivity, conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder. A discriminant function analysis found that sensation seeking, impulsivity, ADHD, Conduct Disorder, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder was moderately useful in classifying adolescent psychopathy. The results suggest that behavioral dysregulation is an important aspect of adolescent psychopathy. The relationship of these data to theories of adolescent psychopathy is discussed.

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The purpose of this research project was to develop a reliable and valid scale to assess the perceived message sensation value (PMSV) of print messages. The goal of this project was accomplished by conducting two studies. Study one involved collecting 397 undergraduate students’ responses to one high and one low sensation value anti-smoking message, while for study two, 284 undergraduate students’ responses to one high and one low sensation value anti-crystal meth message were collected. The results of the studies highlighted that the PMSV of a print message can be assessed using three dimensions (emotional arousal, novelty, and dramatic impact) and 12 items. Additionally, the newly developed PMSV scale for print messages remained stable across sensation-seeking levels and two different sets of anti-drug messages. Analysis of the data collected also provided support for the convergent, divergent, and predictive validity of the PMSV scale for print messages. Furthermore, from the data it can be inferred that PMSV is an important element that contributes to perceived message effectiveness and attitude towards the ad. The findings associated with this research project also suggest that both high and low sensation seekers preferred high over low sensation value print messages. Lastly, the implications of the PMSV scale for print messages were addressed.

Annotation: The work deals with the relationship between physical self-concept and experience of the search terms sensation seeking. It contains theoretical research of these areas, their position in the discourse of fitness and also presents a starting points for comparison. The research was conducted on a group of gym-goers and analyzed the relationship of concepts Physical Self Perception Profile and Sensation Seeking Scale version V including individual subscales. Comparison showed a weak relationship between SST and PSPP and even between individual subscales. Keywords: Body image, Sensation Seeking Tendency, Physical Self Perception Profile, gym

Annotation: The work deals with the relationship between physical self-concept and experience of the search terms sensation seeking. It contains theoretical research of these areas, their position in the discourse of fitness and also presents a starting points for comparison. The research was conducted on a group of gym-goers and analyzed the relationship of concepts Physical Self Perception Profile and Sensation Seeking Scale version V including individual subscales. Comparison showed a weak relationship between SST and PSPP and even between individual subscales. Keywords: Body image, Sensation Seeking Tendency, Physical Self Perception Profile, gym

Road traffic crashes are a serious public health problem worldwide, and human factors are the most prominent factor of accidents, affecting mostly the young adults. Past studies found that both gender and personality traits such as impulsivity are associated with risky driving, however, the interaction of these predictors is rarely addressed in the literature. To bridge the gap, the present study explores how a specific facet of impulsivity interacts with our hypothesized moderator, gender identification, leads to drug driving using a moderator analysis. We recruited participants from 17 to 35 years old possessing a valid drivers' licence via Facebook advertising. They were invited to complete a questionnaire on their socio-demographic characteristics, cannabis consumption habits and impulsivity scores. A moderator analysis is conducted to disentangle the relationship between sensation seeking, gender and driving after cannabis consumption using SPSS Process. The proposed model contains sensation seeking as an exogenous variable directly associated with driving after cannabis use, and this relationship is moderated by gender identification. The current study provides evidence that sensation seeking and gender identification are not only associated with DACU but also interact to affect driving behaviour. Implications of the study are discussed. / Les accidents routiers constituent de graves problèmes de santé publique dans le monde et les facteurs humains sont connus pour être le principal facteur d'accidents, impliquant principalement les jeunes adultes. Des études antérieures ont démontré que le genre ainsi que des facteurs liés à la personnalité tels que l'impulsivité sont associés à la conduite après consommation récente de cannabis, cependant, l'interaction de ces prédicteurs est rarement abordée dans la littérature. Pour cette raison, cette étude vise à explorer le processus par lequel une facette spécifique de l'impulsivité interagit avec le genre ou le sexe pour modérer la probabilité de prendre le volant après avoir consommé du cannabis. Des participants de 17 à 35 ans possédant un permis de conduire valide ont été recrutés à partir de Facebook par le biais d’annonces payantes. Ils étaient invités à remplir un questionnaire portant sur leur caractéristique socio-démographique, leur habitude de consommation de cannabis, ainsi que sur les composantes de l'impulsivité. Une analyse de modération a été effectuée pour clarifier la relation entre la recherche de sensations, le genre et la conduite d’automobile à l'aide du SPSS PROCESS. Le modèle proposé inclut la recherche de sensations comme variable exogène directement associée à la conduite après la consommation du cannabis, et cette relation est modérée par le genre ressenti. Effectivement, le genre ressenti des participants semble être une variable modératrice de l’association entre la recherche de sensation et la prise de volant après avoir consommé du cannabis. Les implications de ces résultats seront discutées.

Le présent mémoire de maîtrise porte sur la relation potentielle entre le trait de personnalité de recherche de sensations et le traitement des expressions faciales émotionnelles, en particulier la perception (intensité et valence perçues) et la réaction (excitation) aux expressions faciales émotionnelles des autres. Nous examinons si les différences individuelles dans la recherche de sensations sont liées aux variations dans la perception et les réactions aux émotions faciales positives, négatives et neutres chez autrui. Nous recherchons également si les différences de perception ont un rôle à jouer dans la relation entre la réaction d'excitation et la recherche de sensations. Un échantillon de jeunes adultes (N=77) a rempli le formulaire V de l'échelle de recherche de sensations (SSS-V) et a évalué l'intensité et la valence d'expressions faciales émotionnelles tirées de la banque de visages émotionnels dirigés de Karolinska (KDEF). Les participants ont également rapporté leur réponse d'excitation émotionnelle perçue à ces stimuli. En utilisant des régressions hiérarchiques, nous montrons que la recherche de sensations est liée à une réponse d'excitation perçue plus élevée aux expressions faciales émotionnelles positives, négatives et neutres. Une recherche de sensations plus élevée était également associée à une intensité perçue plus élevée, mais uniquement pour une expression faciale neutre, cette relation médiant entièrement l'association entre la recherche de sensations et la réponse d'excitation. Cette thèse de maîtrise fournit les premières données sur la relation entre le trait de personnalité de recherche de sensations et les différences individuelles dans le traitement des émotions chez les autres. Elle ouvre la porte à de futures recherches sur l'impact potentiel du trait de personnalité de recherche de sensations sur le fonctionnement social chez les jeunes adultes. / The present master’s thesis focuses on the potential relation between sensation seeking and the processing of emotional facial expressions, specifically the perception (perceived intensity and perceived valence) and reaction (arousal) to emotional facial expressions in others. We investigate whether individual differences in sensation seeking are related to the variations in perception and reactions to positive, negative, and neutral facial emotions in others. We also investigate if differences in perception have a role to play in the relationship between the self-reported arousal response and sensation seeking. A sample of young adults (N=77) completed the Sensation Seeking Scale Form V (SSS-V), and rated the intensity and valence of facial emotional expressions taken from the Karolinska Directed Emotional Faces (KDEF) set. Participants also reported their perceived emotional arousal response to these stimuli. Using hierarchical regressions, we show that sensation seeking is related to higher self-reported arousal response to positive, negative, and neutral emotional facial expressions. Higher sensation seeking was also associated with higher perceived intensity but only for neutral facial expression, this relation fully mediated the association between sensation seeking and arousal response. This master’s thesis provides the first data on the relation between sensation seeking trait and individual differences in processing of emotions in others. It opens the door to future research on the potential impact of the sensation seeking personality trait on social functioning in young adults.