Testosterone responses to competition: The opponent's psychological state makes it challenging

Biological Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 330-335

  van der Meij, Leander ^a,b   Buunk, Abraham P ^a,c   Almela, Mercedes ^b   Salvador, Alicia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Challenge hypothesis; Competition; Importance; Opponent; Self efficacy; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD CHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SALIVA; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953021189     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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