BSSS: Brief Sensation Seeking Scale Questions (BSSS-8)
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Haegeli et al. (2012) where interested in studying risk-taking behaviors of out-of-bounds skiers. The skiers where exposed to the “Brief Sensation Seeking Scale” (BSSS-8; Hoyle et al., 2002). It is a short 8-item scale with 5-point response categories. The scale has 4 subscales (with 2 items each): experience seeking (ES), boredom susceptibility (BS), thrill and adventure seeking (TAS) and disinhibition (DIS).

1	data("BSSS")

A data frame with 1626 skiers and the following 8 items (5 response categories):

Explore: I would like to explore strange places.
Restless: I get restless when I spend too much time at home .
Frightning: I like to do frightening things.
Party: I like wild parties.
Trip: I would like to take off on a trip with no pre-planned routes or timetables.
Friends: I prefer friends who are exciting and unpredictable.
Bungee: I would like to do bungee jumping.
Illegal: I would love to have new and exciting experiences, even if they are illegal.

Hoyle, R. H., Stephenson, M. T., Palmgreen, P., Lorch, E. P., & Donohew, R. L. (2002). Reliability and validity of a brief measure of sensation. Personality and Individual Differences, 32, 401-414.

Haegeli, P., Gunn, M., & Haider, W. (2012). Identifying a high-risk cohort in a complex and dynamic risk environment: Out-of-bounds skiing–an example from avalanche safety. Prevention Science, 13, 562-573.

1 2	data("BSSS") str(BSSS)

'data.frame':	1626 obs. of  8 variables:
 $ Explore   : int  3 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 ...
 $ Restless  : int  3 5 5 4 2 5 5 5 5 4 ...
 $ Frightning: int  2 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 5 4 ...
 $ Party     : int  4 2 3 2 3 1 1 4 5 5 ...
 $ Trip      : int  2 4 4 4 4 1 4 5 2 5 ...
 $ Friends   : int  4 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 5 ...
 $ Bungee    : int  4 5 4 3 2 5 4 2 5 3 ...
 $ Illegal   : int  3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 5 4 ...
 - attr(*, "na.action")= 'omit' Named int [1:33] 118 150 170 224 233 327 340 347 369 394 ...
  ..- attr(*, "names")= chr [1:33] "118" "150" "170" "224" ...