Brief Sensations Seeking Scale (BSSS): Validity Evidence in Mexican Adolescents

César Merino-Soto, Edwin Salas-Blas, Berenice Pérez-Amezcua, Javier García-Rivas, Omar Israel González Peña and Filiberto Toledano-Toledano
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César Merino-Soto: Instituto de Investigación de Psicología, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima 34, Peru
Edwin Salas-Blas: Instituto de Investigación de Psicología, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima 34, Peru
Berenice Pérez-Amezcua: Centro de Investigación Transdisciplinar en Psicología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Pico de Orizaba 1, Los Volcanes, Cuernavaca 62350, Mexico
Javier García-Rivas: Centro Interamericano de Estudios de Seguridad Social, San Ramon S/N, San Jeronimo Lidice, Magdalena Contreras C.P., Mexico City 10100, Mexico
Omar Israel González Peña: Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada Sur No. 2501, col. Tecnologico, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
Filiberto Toledano-Toledano: Unidad de Investigación en Medicina Basada en Evidencias, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez National Institute of Health, Márquez 162, Doctores, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City 06720, Mexico

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 13, 1-17

Abstract: Sensation seeking is a construct associated with risky behaviors over a wide age range, but validation studies in Mexico are lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of two versions of the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (the BSSS-8 and BSSS-4) in young Mexican individuals. The sample consisted of 2884 students (age: M = 16.6, SD = 1.5) from five preparatory schools in Morelos, Mexico. The internal structure of the BSSS was evaluated according to the structural equation modeling (SEM) parameterization, including measurement invariance (compared to the factor loadings obtained in the meta-analysis); conditional reliability; and equivalence between versions. The unidimensionality and measurement invariance (configurational, factor loadings, thresholds, intercepts, and residuals) across sex and age groups were satisfactory, and the factor loadings were highly congruent with those obtained in the meta-analysis. Reliability was suitably high (greater than 0.80), especially near the mean scores, but was lower for extreme scores. Thus, the instrument was concluded to be optimal for defining the construct of sensation seeking, consistent with the findings of previous studies.

Keywords: sensation seeking; risk behaviors; validation; measurement invariance; meta-analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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