The Need Inventory of Sensation Seeking (NISS)

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Based on the conception of sensation seeking as a need rather than a temperamental trait ( Hammelstein, 2004), we present a new assessment method, the Need Inventory of Sensation Seeking (NISS), which is considered to assess a motivational disposition. Three studies are presented: The first examined the factorial structure and the reliability of the German versions of the NISS; the second study compared the German and the English versions of the NISS; and finally, the validity of the NISS was examined in a nonclinical study and compared to the validity of conventional methods of assessing sensation seeking (Sensation Seeking Scale – Form V; SSS-V). Compared to the SSS-V, the NISS shows better reliability and validity in addition to providing new research possibilities including application in experimental areas.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): jpa

Title: European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing

ISSN (Print): 1015-5759

ISSN (Electronic): 2151-2426

Publication date (Print): September 2011

Volume: 28

Issue: 1

Pages: 11-18

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[ ¹ ] University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

[ ² ] University of Düsseldorf, Germany

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Marcus Roth, University of Duisburg-Essen, Campus Essen, Department of Psychology, 45117 Essen, Germany, marcus.roth@ 123456uni-due.de

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DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000085

SO-VID: 9f9944b2-2669-4f8a-a956-8cda3d3a2222

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