The Relationship between Risk-Taking Behavior and Sensation Seeking: The Mediating Effect of Mental Huagong in College Students

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2024 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 11 Issue 1

Year of Publication : 2024

Authors : LI Bing-quan, MAI Zhen-ke

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V11I1P101

How to Cite?

LI Bing-quan, MAI Zhen-ke, "The Relationship between Risk-Taking Behavior and Sensation Seeking: The Mediating Effect of Mental Huagong in College Students," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 11,  no. 1, pp. 1-7, 2024. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V11I1P101

Abstract:

Purpose: to explore the relationship between sensation-seeking and risk-taking behavior and construct a mediating model in order to in-depth study the risk-taking behavior of teenagers and improve relevant theories in this field by taking college students' level of their mental Huagong as the mediating variable. Method: 334 college students from various universities in Guangdong Province were selected to investigate using literature research, and a questionnaire survey and SPSS 22.0 was used to analyze the results. Result: (1)There is a significant positive correlation between the two each other of college students' sensation-seeking, mental Huagong, and risk-taking behavior. (2) There are significant differences in risk-taking behavior in gender, grade, and only child or not, and in college students' sense-seeking and mental Huagong level in grade, major category, or gender. (3) The level of mental Huagong of college students has a mediating effect between sensation-seeking and risk-taking behavior.

Keywords:

Risk-taking behavior, Sensation seeking, Mental Huagong(心理化功), College student, Mediating effect.

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