Women's intercollegiate athletic competition: Cortisol, testosterone, and the dual-hormone hypothesis as it relates to status among teammates

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-160

  Edwards, David A ^a   Casto, Kathleen V ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic competition; Cortisol; Social status; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCCER; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TEAM SPORT; TENNIS; VOLLEYBALL;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; SALIVA; SOCCER; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPORTS; TENNIS; TESTOSTERONE; VOLLEYBALL; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879554803     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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