ArticleAIDS and behavior2015
Development of a brief substance use sensation seeking scale: validation and prediction of injection-related behaviors.
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- Psychometric properties of the mock interview rating scale for schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Component Processes of Decision Making in a Community Sample of Precariously Housed Persons: Associations With Learning and Memory, and Health-Risk Behaviors.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Risk Factors for Substance Use Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness.Journal of child & adolescent substance abuse · 2018Article
- Effect of Viewing Smoking Scenes in Motion Pictures on Subsequent Smoking Desire in Audiences in South Korea.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2017Article
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Abstract
Sensation seeking, a personality trait, has been shown to predict engagement in high-risk behaviors. However, little is known regarding the impact of sensation seeking on substance use among street youth. We therefore sought to modify a sensation seeking scale (SSS) for use among this population. Street youth from the Vancouver-based At-Risk Youth Study (n = 226) completed the modified SSS. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (EFA/CFA) were undertaken to establish the scale's dimensionality and internal validity. The association between SSS score and injection-related behaviors was tested using generalized estimating equation analysis. EFA results indicated scale unidimensionality. The comparative fit index (CFI) suggested acceptable fit (CFI = 0.914). In multivariate analysis, sensation seeking was independently associated with injection drug use, crystal methamphetamine use, polysubstance use, and binge drug use (all p < 0.05). Our findings provide preliminary support for the use of the modified SSS among street youth.
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