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Peer reviewedShostak, David A.; McIntyre, Curtis W. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Examined stimulus-seeking behavior in delinquent personality types drawn from populations (juvenile delinquents and young adult offenders). Results from a kinesthetic aftereffect task and sensation seeking scale indicate only limited evidence of pathological stimulus seeking by psychopathic delinquent personality type. This may result from…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Delinquency, Delinquent Behavior, Identification
Peer reviewedMusolino, Robert F.; Hershenson, David B. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
This study investigated whether people engaged in high risk-taking occupations would seek or prefer highly stimulating activities of a nonvocational nature more than people engaged in low risk-taking occupations. The high risk-taking group scored significantly higher than the low risk-taking group on all five dimensions of the Zuckerman Sensation…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Response
