long history of research suggests a strong relationship between this domain of personality traits and multiple types of risk-taking behaviors. Seeking out novel and potentially risky situations offers one explanation as to the role of temperamental style in the etiology of AUDs (e.g., Cloninger & Sigvardsson, 1996; Crawford, Pentz, Chou, Li, & Dwyer, 2003; Zucker & Gornberg, 1986; Zuckerman, 1979, 1987, 1994). Although sensation or novelty seeking is classified as a personality characteristic, evidence indicates that these behavioral patterns are time-varying and can be changed (Bardo, Donohew, & Harrington, 1996; Zuckerman, 1994).
