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Morningness-eveningness preference and sensation seeking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

L. Tonetti ,
A. Adan ,
H. Caci ,
V. De Pascalis ,
M. Fabbri  and
V. Natale
L. Tonetti*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, 40127Bologna, Italy
A. Adan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, School of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
H. Caci
Affiliation:
Pôle d’enfants-adolescents, hôpital Archet-2, CHU de Nice, Nice, France
V. De Pascalis
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
M. Fabbri
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, 40127Bologna, Italy
V. Natale
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, 40127Bologna, Italy
*
*Corresponding author. Tel.: +39 051 2091877; fax: +39 051 243086. E-mail address: lorenzo.tonetti2@unibo.it (L. Tonetti).
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between circadian preference and sensation seeking. To this aim 1041 university students (408 males and 633 females), ranging in age between 18 and 30 years, filled the reduced version of the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQr) and the Sensation Seeking Scale-Form V (SSS-V). Males scored higher than females in SSS-V total score and all subscales, except experience seeking (ES). As regards circadian preference, evening types scored higher than morning types in SSS-V total score and all subscales, except boredom susceptibility (BS) where they significantly differed only from intermediate types. On the whole our results highlight a significant relationship between circadian preference and sensation seeking.

Keywords

Sensation seekingCircadian typologyGenderUniversity studentsChronotypeChronobiology
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European Psychiatry , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , March 2010 , pp. 111 - 115
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2010

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