ArticleBMC pediatrics2019
Sensation seeking in 3- to 6-year-old children: associations with socio-demographic parameters and behavioural difficulties.
Article in BMC pediatrics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02550236 (Prospective Population-based Childhood Cohort Study in the Leipzig Area Investigating Genetic, Environmental, and Metabolic Factors and Their Association With the Development of Civilization Diseases), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Prospective Population-based Childhood Cohort Study in the Leipzig Area Investigating Genetic, Environmental, and Metabolic Factors and Their Association With the Development of Civilization Diseases
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- Sex differences in maturational timing of amygdala and prefrontal cortex volumes and white matter tract microstructure.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2025Article
- Assessment of psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the sensation seeking scale for children in a Norwegian sample.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Substance use in childhood and adolescence and its associations with quality of life and behavioral strengths and difficulties.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Psychological well-being of early and continuously treated phenylketonuria patients.JIMD reports · 2021Article
- Adventurous Play as a Mechanism for Reducing Risk for Childhood Anxiety: A Conceptual Model.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2021Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe present study investigates whether sensation seeking in pre-school-age children is associated with age, gender and socio-economic status, and how sensation seeking relates to behavioural difficulties.
methodsThe study sample consisted of 423 three- to six-year-old children whose parents had completed questionnaires on the children's sensation seeking (Sensation Seeking Scale for Young Children), socio-economic status, and behavioural difficulties (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire). Multiple linear regression models were applied to investigate associations between sensation seeking and age, gender, socio-economic status and behavioural difficulties.
resultsSensation seeking was significantly higher in male vs. female children but not associated with children's socio-economic status. Furthermore, sensation seeking was positively correlated with conduct problems, but negatively with emotional symptoms and peer-relationship problems.
conclusionThese results replicate findings in adults and strengthen the assumption that sensation seeking is a personality trait that is already observable in early childhood. Furthermore, our results suggest relationships between higher levels of sensation seeking and externalising behaviour as well as relationships between lower levels of sensation seeking and internalising behaviour.
trial registrationLIFE Child study: ClinicalTrials.gov, clinical trial number NCT02550236 .
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