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Headache and sensation seeking.

N Ginsburg1, S Pollack-Fels

  • 1Lakehead University.

Psychological Reports
|April 1, 1991
PubMed
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Individuals with chronic headaches scored lower on sensation seeking, suggesting a link between sensation seeking behavior and headache conditions. Further research into personality dimensions related to sensation seeking is recommended.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Health Psychology

Background:

  • The cognitive theory of sensation seeking posits that individuals differ in their drive to seek varied, novel, complex, and intense sensations and experiences.
  • Chronic headaches are a prevalent condition with complex underlying mechanisms, potentially influenced by psychological factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between sensation seeking tendencies and the experience of chronic headaches.
  • To test the hypothesis derived from sensation seeking theory that headache sufferers would exhibit lower sensation seeking scores compared to non-sufferers.

Main Methods:

  • A cohort of 26 individuals with chronic headaches was compared to a control group of 26 healthy individuals.
  • Zuckerman's Sensation Seeking Scale was administered to both groups to measure personality traits related to sensation seeking.

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  • Correlations between sensation seeking scores and other personality tests were explored.

    • Main Results:

    • Headache sufferers demonstrated significantly lower scores on Zuckerman's Sensation Seeking Scale compared to the control group.
    • The study identified significant relationships between sensation seeking tendencies and various other personality measures.

    Conclusions:

    • The findings support the cognitive theory of sensation seeking by indicating a lower propensity for sensation seeking in individuals with chronic headaches.
    • Replication of these findings in larger, diverse headache patient populations is warranted.
    • Further research should explore other personality dimensions that may be related to sensation seeking and headache conditions.