The Relationship Between Sociosexuality and Sensation Seeking

Abstract

Cilj ovog istraživanja je bio utvrditi postoji li povezanost između konstukata traženje uzbuđenja i socioseksualnost i to primjenom Skale za traženje uzbuđenja (Zuckerman 1994) i Upitnika socioseksualne orijentacije (Simpson i Gangestad, 1991). U istraživanju su sudjelovali studenti Filozofskog fakulteta u Osijeku (N=105). Hipoteze su temeljene na teorijama koje objašnjavaju konstrukte te rezultatima prijašnjih istraživanja. Prva hipoteza, da postoji razlika između muškaraca i žena u socioseksualnosti i traženju uzbuđenja djelomično je potvrdjena. Naime, razlika postoji samo za konstrukt socioseksualnosti, no ne i u traženju uzbudjenja. Pearsonovim koeficijentom korelacije djelomično je potvrđena i druga hipoteza o pozitivnoj povezanosti između socioseksualnosti i traženja uzbuđenja kod oba spola, međutim ta je povezanost utvrđena samo za žene. Dodatnom statističkom provjerom dobiveno je i da je najznačajniji prediktor socioseksualnosti subskala dezinhibicija, i kod muškaraca i kod žena ,što je također u skladu s prijašnjim istraživanjima.The pupose of this study was to examine the relationship between sensation seeking construct and sociosexuality, by applying Sensation Seeking Scale (Zuckerman, 1994) and Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (Simpson i Gangestad, 1991). The study involved students of Faculty of Philosophy in Osijek (N=105). Hypotheses were formed based on underlying theories and results of previous research. First hypothesis expecting the difference in sociosexuality and sensation seeking between man and woman is partialy confirmed. Namely, there are no differences between man and women on Sensation Seeking Scale, but there is significant difference on Sociosexual Orientation Inventory. By using Pearson’s correlation coefficient second hypothesis expecting positive correlation between the two constructs for both sexes, is partially confirmed - there is positive correlation between constructs only for women. While conducting additional statistical check, it was found that sociosexuality can be best predicted with the sub-scale disinhibition, which confirms results of previous research