On the relation between 2D:4D and sex-dimorphic personality traits

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-144

  Hampson, Elizabeth ^a   Ellis, Connie L ^a   Tenk, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

2D:4D; Aggression; Androgen; Digit ratio; Personality; Sensation seeking; Spatial; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVENESS; ASSERTIVENESS; BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGIT RATIO; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRENATAL PERIOD; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANDROGENS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASSERTIVENESS; EMPATHY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38349150349     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9263-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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