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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Brief Sensations Seeking Scale (BSSS): Validity Evidence in Mexican Adolescents.

César Merino-Soto, Edwin Salas-Blas, Berenice Pérez-Amezcua, Javier García-Rivas, Omar Israel González Peña, Filiberto Toledano-Toledano

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

César Merino-SotoInstituto de Investigación de Psicología, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima 34, Peru.ORCID 0000-0002-1407-8306
Edwin Salas-BlasInstituto de Investigación de Psicología, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima 34, Peru.
Berenice Pérez-AmezcuaCentro de Investigación Transdisciplinar en Psicología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Pico de Orizaba 1, Los Volcanes, Cuernavaca 62350, Mexico.
Javier García-RivasCentro Interamericano de Estudios de Seguridad Social, San Ramon S/N, San Jeronimo Lidice, Magdalena Contreras C.P., Mexico City 10100, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-7219-3169
Omar Israel González PeñaInstitute for the Future of Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada Sur No. 2501, col. Tecnologico, Monterrey 64849, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-7327-6145
Filiberto Toledano-ToledanoUnidad de Investigación en Medicina Basada en Evidencias, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez National Institute of Health, Márquez 162, Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City 06720, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-7126-5351
Universidad de San Martín de Porres · PEFundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU · ESHospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez · MXTecnológico de Monterrey · MXUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos · MX

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sensation seeking is a construct associated with risky behaviors over a wide age range, but validation studies in Mexico are lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of two versions of the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (the BSSS-8 and BSSS-4) in young Mexican individuals. The sample consisted of 2884 students (age: M = 16.6, SD = 1.5) from five preparatory schools in Morelos, Mexico. The internal structure of the BSSS was evaluated according to the structural equation modeling (SEM) parameterization, including measurement invariance (compared to the factor loadings obtained in the meta-analysis); conditional reliability; and equivalence between versions. The unidimensionality and measurement invariance (configurational, factor loadings, thresholds, intercepts, and residuals) across sex and age groups were satisfactory, and the factor loadings were highly congruent with those obtained in the meta-analysis. Reliability was suitably high (greater than 0.80), especially near the mean scores, but was lower for extreme scores. Thus, the instrument was concluded to be optimal for defining the construct of sensation seeking, consistent with the findings of previous studies.

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SensationAdolescentHumansMexicoPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and Questionnairesmeasurement invariancemeta-analysisrisk behaviorssensation seekingvalidation

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PMCPMC9265267
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