TY - JOUR 
A1 - Aluja, Antón
AU - García López, Óscar
AU - García, Luis F.
T1 - Exploring the structure of Zuckerman's sensation seeking scale, form V in a spanish sample
Y1 - 2004
SN - 00332941
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/5649
AB - The psychometric properties of the original version of the Sensation Seeking Scale (Form V) were analyzed in a sample of 1,006 Spanish university students. The total sample was randomly split into two halves. Exploratory factor analyses were conducted on the calibration sample (n=504), whereas confirmatory factor analysis procedures were performed on the validation sample (n=502). As previous studies have suggested, exploratory factor structure indicated that several items load on a different factor or have loadings lower than .30. Those problems were surpassed when the best five items per factor were factor analyzed again. The confirmatory factor analyses showed that a 4-factor simple structure model gave a clearly imperfect fit. A model of 20 items (5 items per factor) gave a better fit, although with similar problems regarding the low reliabilities of the Experience Seeking and Boredom Susceptibility subscales. The need for improvement of the four-factor structure is discussed.
KW - Personalidad y cultura
KW - Personalidad - Evaluación
KW - Desarrollo de la personalidad
LA - eng
ER -