The Choking Game Analysis

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The Choking Game, Gender, and Personality: Developing an understanding for a personality-focused preventative program. The Choking Game involves the practice of self-asphyxiation or self-strangulation to produce a temporary, drug free high. This practice achieves a brief feeling of euphoria through momentarily depriving the brain of oxygen (Bernacki and Davies, 2012). This is achieved by applying pressure to the neck until the participant passes out. The game may be played in groups or independent. Popularity in the Choking Game has increased as participants’ are finding and sharing information and instructions to play the game online.
The Choking Game has received other names such as “Space Monkey”, “Airplaning”, “Fainting Game”, and “Pass …show more content…
However, a resent review by Dake, Price, Kolm-Valdivia, and Wielinski (2010) is indicative that engagement in the Choking Game has been associated with thrill-seeking and risk-taking behaviors (e.g. substance abuse, sexual activity, violence). Further, Hoyle, Stephenson, Palmgreen, Lorch, and Donohew (2002) state that individuals drawn to activities high in risk often have personalities high in sensation seeking. In other words, high sensation seekers are more likely than low sensation seekers to engage in risky behaviors such as the Choking Game. This further suggests that sensation seekers are more likely than their counterparts to try, and repeat risky activities (Hoyel, Stephenson, Palmgreen, Lorch, & Donohew, 2002). Moreover, the personality trait of openness is characterized by a high need for cognition and a deep approach to learning (John, Naumann, & Soto, 2008). This can describe a person’s intellectual curiosity, creativity, and ability to adapt to or take on new experiences and accept non-conventional ideas. A person high in openness to experience often enjoys having variety in their life (John, Naumann, & Soto, 2008). This trait suggests that persons with higher openness seek novel experiences to offer variety in life. Prior research involving managers and professionals by Nicholson, Fenton-O’Creevy, Soane, and Willman (2005) considered the relationships between personality …show more content…
This research will add to the current discussion by providing insight to personality risks that can direct future research efforts for developing an effective personality focused preventative program. In this study, the author hypothesized that (1) men would more frequently report personal involvement in the Choking Game than women. Additionally, following the lead of Dake et al. (2010) the study hypothesized (2) respondents with higher sensation seeking scores will more frequently report personal involvement in the Choking Game. Finally, the study expects to find (3) respondents with higher openness scores will more frequently report personal involvement in the Choking
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