Aggression, dominance, and affiliation: Their relationships with androgen levels and intelligence in 5-year-old children

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-140

  Azurmendi, Aitziber ^a   Braza, Francisco ^b   García, Ainhoa ^a   Braza, Paloma ^c   Muñoz, José M ^c   Sánchez Martín, José R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Aggression; Androstenedione; DHEA; Dominance; Healthy normal Iberian children; Intelligence; IQ; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33646855252     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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