Sexual Sensation Seeking Scale The multidimensional concept of sexual sensation seeking, which encompasses thrill and adventure seeking in sexual contexts, was assessed using the Sexual Sensation Seeking Scale [27, 28]. Participants were asked to describe how much they felt each statement described them on a 4-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (‘‘not at all like me’’) to 4 (‘‘very much like me’’). Sample items included ‘‘I like wild ‘uninhibited’ sexual encounters’’;