@article{ref1,
title="Sensation-seeking and selection of entertainment",
journal="Personality and individual differences",
year="1985",
author="Schierman, Michael J. and Rowland, G.L.",
volume="6",
number="5",
pages="599-603",
abstract="The relationship between entertainment activity preference and sensation-seeking was investigated by survey and actual movie selection and viewing. Cardiac rate and rate change was monitored during movie selection and viewing. High sensation-seeking (HSS) females reported preferences for activities centered about alcohol, sexually-explicit materials and `rock' music. HSS males reported preferences for sexually-explicit materials and news/documentary reports. Low sensation-seeking (LSS) males and females reported preferences for the musical stage, theatrical drama and comedy, and romantic/dramatic novels. HSS males and HSS females allotted high proportions of viewing time to an `action' movie, and changed channels more frequently than LSS. The indices of cardiac response utilized in this study were unrelated to movie viewing activities, a result which does not support the `optimal level of arousal' view of sensation-seeking proposed by Zuckerman (1979).<p />",
language="",
issn="0191-8869",
doi="10.1016/0191-8869(85)90009-1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0191-8869(85)90009-1"
}