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Operant Sensation Seeking in the Mouse

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Sensation seeking scale: Indian adaptation.

D Basu¹, V K Verma, S Malhotra

¹Debasish Basu, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (IKJIMER), Chandigarh - 160 012.

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

|July 12, 2011

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This study adapted the Sensation Seeking Scale for Indian individuals, establishing its reliability and validity. This research pioneers sensation seeking exploration within India, providing essential norms for the general population.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Personality Research
Cross-Cultural Psychology

Background:

Sensation seeking, a personality trait involving novelty and risk-taking, lacks research in India.
Previous global research spans three decades, highlighting a gap in Indian psychological studies.

Purpose of the Study:

To adapt and validate the Sensation Seeking Scale for the Indian population.
To establish psychometric properties and normative data for Indian adults.

Main Methods:

Adaptation of the existing Sensation Seeking Scale.
Assessment of reliability, internal consistency, and discriminant validity.
Development of population-specific norms.

Main Results:

The adapted Sensation Seeking Scale demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity in the Indian context.
Norms were successfully established for a segment of the Indian general population.

Conclusions:

This study successfully adapted the Sensation Seeking Scale for India, enabling future research.
It marks the commencement of sensation seeking research within India, providing a foundational tool and norms.