Arnett's Sensation Seeking Inventory

the Arnett’s Sensation Seeking Inventory (AISS, Arnett, 1994) was employed to assess sensation seeking in adolescents. The scale consists of two 10-item subscales (plus a Total Score): the Novelty Scale which assesses the openness to experience (e.g., ‘‘I would like to travel to places that are strange and far away’’); and the Intensity Scale which refers to the intensity of stimulation of the senses (e.g., ‘‘I like the feeling of standing next to the edge on a high place and looking down’’). For each item, respondents are asked to indicate, on a four-point scale, the extent to which the item describes them (1 = Describes me very well; 4=Does not describe me at all). Total score is derived by the sum of all items and could range from 20 to