IMPSS SCALE (FROM ZKPQ-50-CC) SAMPLE ITEMS
Instructions: On this page you will find a series of statements that people might use to describe themselves. Read
each statement and decide whether or not it describes you. If you agree with a statement or decide that it describes
you answer TRUE, marking the letter T with a cross. If you disagree with a statement or feel that it is not descriptive
of you, answer FALSE, marking the letter F with a cross.
T5TRUE; F 5FALSE
(Mark the chosen letter with a cross)
Answer every statement either True (T) or False (F) even if you are not entirely sure of your answer.
Example : T F I have always told the truth.
6 T F *14. I often do things on impulse.
13 T F 34. I would like to take off on a trip with no pre-planned or definite routes or timetables.
17 T F 39. I enjoy getting into new situations where you can’t predict how things will turn out.
24 T F 55. I sometimes like to do things that are a little frightening.
26 T F 60. I’ll try anything once.
30 T F 65. I would like the kind of life where one is on the move and traveling a lot, with lots of
change and excitement.
34 T F 70. I sometimes do ‘crazy’ things just for fun.
39 T F 79. I prefer friends who are excitingly unpredictable.
42 T F 84. I often get so carried away by new and exciting things and ideas that I never think of
possible complications.
49 T F 95. I like ‘wild’ uninhibited parties.
Notes :
*Corresponds to number on ZKPQ (full version). e.g., Item 6 in the ZKPQ-50 is Item 14 on the ZKPQ.
Reproduced with permission.
Sensation Seeking Scale /C0from Zuckerman /C0Kuhlman /C0Aluja Personality Questionnaire
(ZKA-PQ)
(Aluja, Kuhlman, & Zuckerman, 2010b ).
Variable
The ZKA-PQ measures the following variables:
Domains : Neuroticism, Activity, Extraversion, Sensation Seeking, and Aggressiveness.
Facets : Physical Aggression, Verbal Aggression, Anger; Hostility, Work Compulsion, General Activity,
Restlessness, Work Energy, Positive Emotions, Social Warmth, Exhibitionism, Sociability, Anxiety, Depression,
Dependency, Low Self-Esteem, Thrill and Adventure Seeking, Experience Seeking, Disinhibition, and Boredom
Susceptibility/Impulsivity.
Description
Most contemporary personality trait models are based on a hierarchal model in which broader traits, like E, N,
and P or the Big Five contain narrower traits, which in turn may contain even narrower traits until we get down
to the level of specific habits. Many models start with measures of the broader traits and only later, if ever get
down to defining the narrower traits or facets that make up the broader traits.
The original factor analyses of the SSS yielded four facets of sensation seeking ( Zuckerman, 1994 ). However
the analyses that led to the development of the ZKPQ used a much more limited sample of SSS items because
four other major factors had to be defined. Consequently only two facets of sensation seeking, impulsivity
and general sensation seeking were defined. In order to better define all five ZKPQ factors a larger sampling of
candidate items were factored in order to develop a factor/facet model. Using previous factor analytic research
(e.g., Eysenck & Wilson, 1991; McCrae & Costa, 2008 ),Aluja et al. (2010b) selected a sample of items for possible
facets of five major factors. Subscales of impulsivity were added to the original sampling of items on the368 13. MEASURES OF SENSATION SEEKING
III. EMOTION REGULATION