Salivary testosterone and aggression, delinquency, and social dominance in a population-based longitudinal study of adolescent males

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 118-125

  van Bokhoven, Irene ^a   van Goozen, Stephanie H M ^b   van Engeland, Herman ^a   Schaal, Benoist ^c   Arseneault, Louise ^d   Séguin, Jean R ^e   Assaad, Jean Marc ^e   Nagin, Daniel S ^f   Vitaro, Frank ^e   Tremblay, Richard E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Delinquency; Dominance; Pubertal development; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DELINQUENCY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33646827838     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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