TY - JOUR PY - 1984// TI - Sensation-seeking and preference for emotional visual stimuli JO - Personality and individual differences A1 - Zaleski, Zbigniew SP - 609 EP - 611 VL - 5 IS - 5 N2 - The Zuckerman Sensation-seeking Scale (SSS) was administered to 190 men and 197 women, who were also asked to choose 5 pictures out of a group of 21. Seven of these pictures had been rated as emotionally positive, 7 as emotionally neutral and 7 as emotionally negative. Choices of the high and low sensation-seeking groups were compared, and it was found that the high sensation-seekers had a stronger preference for the negative stimuli than the lows, and the low sensation-seekers had a stronger preference for the positive stimuli than the highs. The results are discussed in terms of optimum level of arousal.

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