Sensation/novelty seeking in psychotic disorders: A review of the literature

Table 6 Sensation/novelty seeking and other illness dimensions

Ref.	n	Trait-instrument	Objective	Main findings
Herrán et al[46]	62 schizophrenia outpatients, 43 healthy subjects	NS, TPQ	Disability	Several personality traits, but not NS were associated with disability. There were no differences in NS between patients and controls
Fresán et al[47]	102 schizophrenia outpatients (61 violent) Current (the last 4 mo ) alcohol/substance abuse was an exclusion criterion	NS, TCI	Aggressive/violent behavior	NS was a risk factor for violent behavior
Modestin et al[48]	64 inpatients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders	NS, TPQ	Coping/recovery style in psychotic illness	No association with NS
Lejoyeux et al[49]	100 schizophrenia inpatients	SS, SSS	Aggressive/violent behavior	SS was not associated with patients’ aggressive behavior. Sub-scores on SSS were correlated to the OAS scores

SS: Sensation seeking; NS: Novelty seeking; SSS: Sensation Seeking scale; TPQ: Tridimensional personality questionnaire; TCI: Temperament and character inventory; OAS: Overt Aggression scale.