sensation seeking

Sensation seeking has also been analysed into a number of separate facets.

Sensation seeking has been studied as having a strong relationship with addictive personalities.

Sensation seeking is related to driving speed, with both males and females high in sensation seeking more likely to engage in speeding.

In Zuckerman's alternative five model of personality, sensation seeking has been incorporated as a facet of the broader trait of impulsive sensation seeking.

Within Eysenck's "Big Three" model of personality, impulsive sensation seeking is most strongly related to psychoticism and within the Big Five personality traits it is primarily related to (low) conscientiousness.

Although, other researchers including Eysenck, and Costa and McCrae considered the trait to be related to extraversion, factor-analytic studies conducted by Zuckerman suggest that sensation seeking is relatively independent of other major dimensions of personality.

Sensation seeking is a personality trait defined by the search for experiences and feelings, that are "varied, novel, complex and intense", and by the readiness to "take physical, social, legal, and financial risks for the sake of such experiences."