@article{ref1,
title="An exploratory study on self-evaluated aggression and androgens in women",
journal="Aggressive behavior",
year="2002",
author="Von der Pahlen, Bettina and Lindman, R. and Sarkola, Taisto and Makisalo, H and Eriksson, CJP",
volume="28",
number="4",
pages="273-280",
abstract="Healthy, premenopausal women completed the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire. Venous blood samples were taken at the mid-cycle phase of the menstrual cycle to determine plasma androgen levels. Total and free testosterone, 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone, androstenedione, and dehydroepiandrosterone were assessed. Path analyses were aimed at finding out which of the five circulating hormones might best predict a latent aggression construct derived from the four subscales of the Aggression Questionnaire. A significant correlation was found between free testosterone and physical and verbal aggression subscales. In addition, the results demonstrate for the first time in women a significant link between 5a-dihydrotestosterone and anger. Thus, both testosterone and 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone may affect, by separate pathways, the basal regulation of aggression-proneness in women. <p />",
language="en",
issn="0096-140X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}