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- Title
An exploratory study on self-evaluated aggression and androgens in women.
- Authors
von der Pahlen, Bettina; Lindman, Ralf; Sarkola, Taisto; Mäkisalo, Heikki; Eriksson, C. J. Peter
- Abstract
Healthy, premenopausal women completed the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire. Venous blood samples were taken at the mid-cycle phase of the menstrual cycle to determine plasma androgen levels. Total and free testosterone, 5α-dihydrotestosterone, androstenedione, and dehydroepiandrosterone were assessed. Path analyses were aimed at finding out which of the five circulating hormones might best predict a latent aggression construct derived from the four subscales of the Aggression Questionnaire. A significant correlation was found between free testosterone and physical and verbal aggression subscales. In addition, the results demonstrate for the first time in women a significant link between 5α-dihydrotestosterone and anger. Thus, both testosterone and 5α-dihydrotestosterone may affect, by separate pathways, the basal regulation of aggression-proneness in women. Aggr. Behav. 28:273–280, 2002. © 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Subjects
SELF-evaluation; BEHAVIORAL assessment; ABRASIVENESS (Psychology); ANDROGENS; WOMEN
- Publication
Aggressive Behavior, 2002, Vol 28, Issue 4, p273
- ISSN
0096-140X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ab.80005