Sensation Seeking Behaviour among Young Adults of Different Birth Orders

Pages: 329-333
Tanuja S. (Department of Psychology, SDM PG Centre, Ujire, Karnataka)

Sensation seeking behaviour is search for the experience and feelings which are varied, novel and complex. This is one of the key personality traits usually associated with high-risk sexual activities (Houle, Fejfar, & miller, 2000). The theoretical underpinning for its association with risk taking is based on the presumed excitement and arousal that can be provided to sensation seekers by specific stimulating experiences, most of which necessarily involve a high element of risk (Zuckerman, 2007). The present study aimed at finding out the differences in the level of sensation seeking behaviour among young adults of different birth order. A purposive sample of 132 young adults (33 from each birth order) were considered for the study. Sensation seeking Scale V was used to determine the levels of sensation seeking in the participants. One way ANOVA was used to analyse the differences in the variables. The results of the study indicated that there is a significant difference between sensation seeking behaviour among young adults of different birth order.