The Schalling Sensation Seeking and Impulsivity Scales: Their Relationship to Time Perspective and Time Awareness,a Preliminary Report

Abstract

This study reports use of two scales developed in 1983 by Schalling, Edman, and Asberg, Impulsivity and Sensation Seeking and their association with Time Perspective. 102 first-year university students completed both scales, a time perspective questionnaire, and a time awareness scale. The convergent validity, test-retest, and split-half reliability for both the Sensation Seeking and Impulsivity scales were high. Both sensation seeking and impulsivity showed strong relationships with time awareness but not with time perspective.

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