Abstract
High sensation seekers engage in more frequent substance use and perceive a host of potentially dangerous activities as less risky than do low sensation seekers. However, despite a plethora of research on these topics, no study has examined the extent to which personal substance use mediates the association between sensation seeking and perceived risk of substance use. To address this question, we recruited a sample of 79 young adults (mean age=19.1 years, standard deviation=1.4). Participants completed questionnaire measures of sensation seeking, substance use, and perceived risk of co-occurrent substance use. Results from path-analytic modeling indicated that both alcohol use and marijuana use mediated the influence of sensation seeking on perceptions of risk for moderately risky, but not highly risky, pairs of substances. Strengths and limitations of the present study were discussed and directions for future research were suggested.
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- Frontmatter
- Editorial
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- Original Articles
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- Adolescent pesticide exposures reported to Texas poison centers
- Can a healthy youth development clinic serving latino families be youth friendly and family oriented? A mixed-methods evaluation
- Insights into Facebook Pages: an early adolescent health research study page targeted at parents
- Iranian adolescents’ insufficient physical activity: a mixed methods explanatory sequential study
- Sensation seeking indirectly affects perceptions of risk for co-occurrent substance use
- The understanding of risk factors for eating disorders in male adolescents
- Case Reports
- The role of temperament in traumatic hearing loss: a single case study of a cochlear-implanted patient
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