2 D :4 D  in Men Is Related to Aggressive Dominance but Not to Sociable Dominance | Zendy

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2 D :4 D in Men Is Related to Aggressive Dominance but Not to Sociable Dominance

Author(s) -

van der Meij Leander,

Almela Mercedes,

Buunk Abraham P.,

Dubbs Shelli,

Salvador Alicia

Publication year - 2012

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/ab.21422

Subject(s) - dominance (genetics) , personality , psychology , trait , aggression , developmental psychology , digit ratio , social psychology , testosterone (patch) , medicine , biology , endocrinology , genetics , gene , computer science , programming language

It has been shown that a smaller ratio between the length of the second and fourth digit (2 D :4 D ) is an indicator of the exposure to prenatal testosterone ( T ). This study measured the 2 D :4 D of men and assessed dominance as a personality trait to investigate indirectly if the exposure to prenatal T is related to a dominant personality later in life. Results showed that men had a more aggressive dominant personality when having a more masculine (lower) 2 D :4 D , while there was no relationship between sociable dominance and 2 D :4 D . Findings from this study indicate that it is important to distinguish different forms of dominance since other studies failed to find relationships between dominance and 2 D :4 D . Aggr. Behav. 38:208–212, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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