Gender-dependent differences in sensation seeking and social interaction are correlated with saliva testosterone titre in adolescents

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-320

  Kerschbaum, Hubert H ^a   Ruemer, Martina ^a   Weisshuhn, Stefan ^b   Klimesch, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b Bundesoberstufengymnasium (BORG) Salzburg   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Leadership; Personality traits; Sensation seeking; Sympathy; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOASSAY; LEADERSHIP; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 33748694160     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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