The role of testosterone in aggressive and non-aggressive risk-taking in adolescent boys

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 463-471

  Vermeersch, Hans ^a   T'Sjoen, Guy ^b   Kaufman, Jean Marc ^b   Vincke, John ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Aggression; Differential association; Peer group; Risk taking; Sex steroid hormones; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGGRESSION; ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PEER GROUP; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK-TAKING; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 39149090685     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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