Influence of relationship status and personality traits on salivary testosterone among Japanese men

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1077-1087

  Sakaguchi, Kikue ^a   Oki, Mariko ^a   Honma, Seijiro ^b   Hasegawa, Toshikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Grelan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diurnal fluctuation; Relationship status; Self monitoring; Sensation seeking; Sleep duration; Testosterone; Type A

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746919621     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

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