The Association Between Sensation Seeking and Well-Being Among College-Attending Emerging Adults

Russell D Ravert1, Seth J Schwartz1, Byron L Zamboanga1

  • 1Russell D. Ravert is Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies at the University of Missouri. Seth J. Schwartz is Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Miami. Byron L. Zamboanga is Associate Professor of Psychology at Smith College. M. Brent Donnellan is Associate Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University. Su Yeong Kim is Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Robert S. Weisskirch is Professor of Human Development at California State University-Monterey Bay. Lindsay S. Ham is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Arkansas. Melina M. Bersamin is Assistant Professor of Child Development at California State University, Sacramento.

Journal of College Student Development
|August 2, 2021
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