The Comparison of Sensation-seeking in students
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 6, Issue 4
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was a comparison of sensation seeking among athletes and non-athlete students in faculty of Engineering and Humanities. In this descriptive analytical study 99 female and 94 male students (88 athletic students and 105 non-athletic students) with average age of 22 years selected randomly from students of azad university of sabzevar. Sensation seeking scale V (SSS, form V) developed by Zackerman and cognitive questionnaire were used for data collection. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS 15 using independent samples t- test. The results showed that men compared to women, Engineering Students to the humanities and athlete students than non-athletes have significantly higher sensation seeking ( p=0.005). Students who tended to drugs than other students significantly were more sensation seeking (p=0.001). So, it is very good to replace non dangerous behaviors instead of dangerous behaviors when person has a high degree of sensation- seeking.
Authors and Affiliations
Rouhollah Arab Mokhtari| MSc Islamic Azad University, Iranshahr Branch, Faculty member of Department of Physical Education, Iranshahr, Iran, email: rohollah.arabmokhtari@gmail.com, Fahimeh Keavanloo| MSc Islamic Azad University, Iranshahr Branch, Faculty member of Department of Physical Education, Iranshahr, Iran, Mohammad Seyedahmadi| MSc Department of Physical Education, Velayat University, Iranshahr, Iran
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