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Anger and aggression in women: Influence of sports choice and testosterone administration
Author(s) -
Van Goozen Stephanie,
Frijda Nico,
van de Poll Nanne
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1994)20:3<213::aid-ab2480200308>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - anger , aggression , psychology , clinical psychology , poison control , arousal , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , testosterone (patch) , developmental psychology , medicine , social psychology , endocrinology , medical emergency
We report on two studies of anger and aggression in women. One study concerns an experimental study of anger induction in aggressive and non‐aggressive sportswomen. It was found that sports choice in itself, contrary to expectation, does not predict anger arousal and aggressive behavior in the laboratory. However, at an individual level the anger proneness of the subject, as measured by a questionnaire we developed, was related to the intensity of aggressive behavior and subjectively reported anger. The second study concerns the activating effects of androgens on aggression and anger proneness. In a group of 22 female‐to‐male transsexuals, a battery of anger proneness and aggression questionnaires was administered twice: shortly before and 3 months after the start of androgen treatment. Administration of androgens was clearly associated with an increaese in anger proneness, although there were no changes in several aspects of overt aggressive behavior. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.