title: Friends, porn, and punk: sensation seeking in personal relationships, internet activities, and music preference among college students.
abstract: One hundred thirty-eight college students completed a questionnaire assessing level of sensation seeking, number of close and casual friends, Internet usage, liking certain styles of music, and genre of music listened to most often. It was found that the number of casual and close friends was positively associated with sensation seeking. Individuals who reported using the Internet to get sex-oriented material, download or play music, play games, and chat/instant message with friends in the previous 24 hours had higher levels of sensation seeking. Liking punk, heavy metal, and reggae music were related to higher levels of sensation seeking. Higher sensation seeking was also associated with spending more time listening to punk music.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Development, Tufts University. rob_weisskirch@csumb.edu
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Weisskirch
authors.forename: Laurel C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D012309:Risk-Taking