Trait Anxiety Moderates the Relationship Between Testosterone Responses to Competition and Aggressive Behavior

Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 312-324

  Norman, Rachel E ^a   Moreau, Benjamin J P ^a   Welker, Keith M ^b   Carré, Justin M ^a  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominance; Human competition; Testosterone; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034429412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21987335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40750-014-0016-y     Document Type: Article

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