sensation seeking

collocation in English

meaningsofsensationandseek

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sensation
noun
uk
/senˈseɪ.ʃən/us
/senˈseɪ.ʃən/
the ability to feel something physically, especially by touching, or a physical feeling that results from ...
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seek
verb
uk
/siːk/us
/siːk/
to try to find or get something, especially something that is not a ...
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(Definition ofsensationandseekfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Results of this study also suggested that coexisting forms of maternal disturbance- high psychiatric illness along with highsensationseeking-exacerbated risk to offspring.
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The results show a strong genetic influence insensationseeking, relative to results found on other personality variables.
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Genetic analysis ofsensationseekingwith an extended twin design.
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He suggested that thesensationseekingtrait in normal subjects might be related to augmentingreducing and found non-significant results, but in the expected positive direction.
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P-impulsivesensationseekingand its behavioral, psychophysiological and biochemical correlates.
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The sum of these changes contributes to the increase insensationseekingand impulsivity found in normal adolescence.
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What we have is a pattern of correlations in discrete samples suggesting a biological model forsensationseeking.
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One wassensationseeking, and the other (in a sense, the obverse) was behavioral inhibition.
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Behavioral expressions and biosocial bases ofsensationseeking.
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Serious delinquent behavior,sensationseeking, and electrodermal arousal.
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Sensationseekingis related to high levels of activity and impulsivity.
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Second, the combination of high psychiatric distress and highsensationseekingamong mothers increased the likelihood of disruptive problems among children.
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A sibling study ofsensationseekingand opiate addiction.
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A risk index was calculated from 10 risk factors, such as low academic achievement, low self-esteem,sensationseeking, lack of religiosity, and psychopathology.
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Features include undercontrol or impulsivity,sensationseeking, and reactive (impulsive) aggression.
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