Testosterone, aggression, physical, and personality dimensions in normal adolescent males.

摘要: Fifty-eight normal adolescent Swedish boys, aged 16, provided two sets of blood samples for plasma testosterone assays as well data on a number personality inventories and rating scales assessing aggression, inpulsiveness, lack frustration tolerance, extraversion, anxiety. Physical variables such pubertal stage, height, weight, chest circumference, physical strength were measured. There was significant association (r = 0.44) between levels self-reports verbal mainly reflecting responsiveness to provocation threat. Lack tolerance also related levels. About 40% the variance in perfectly reliable measurements could be predicted from equally + Verbal Aggression Frustration Tolerance scales. Pubertal stage correlated with 0.44), but above-mentioned relationships not accounted by third common variable. Previous hypotheses relating strong body build antisocial behavior, respectively, received only weak or no support.