Testosterone and competition in women and men

High testosterone is linked to dominance and competitive behaviors, but that link is less clear in humans, particularly in women. High testosterone women may hesitate to compete because they may suffer negative social consequences for behaving dominantly. We hypothesized that women in general would perform better in a prosocial or cooperative competition vs. a traditional head-to-head condition, and that high testosterone women would perform particularly well in a prosocial competition. We also predicted that high testosterone males would perform best in a traditional competition than a prosocial one. We found that testosterone predicted performance in the competitive condition overall, with marginal between sex differences. Possible reasons for these findings include a change in women's attitudes about competition and different pathways to status among high and low testosterone women

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

2004

Author dc:creator

• Wuehrmann, Elizabeth V.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Josephs, Robert A.

• Testosterone level
• Competitive behaviors
• Men and Women

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Identifier URI

http://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/28535

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/101620