Anger control and impulsivity and its relationship with androgen levels in 9-year-old boys and girls

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Event Abstract Back to Event Anger control and impulsivity and its relationship with androgen levels in 9-year-old boys and girls Eider Pascual1*, Aitziber Azurmendi1, Paloma Braza2, Maria R. Carreras2 and Jose Ramon-Sanchez-Martin1 1 University of the Basque Country, Spain 2 University of Cadiz, Spain Objective: This study examined the potential relationship between two androgen levels (testosterone and androstenedione) and anger, anger control and impulsivity in prepubertal children. Method:To this end, we selected 124 children from 9 year old. Hormone levels were determined by enzyme immunoassay technique in saliva samples. Anger and its control were evaluated through the STAXI-NA, and impulsivity across the MFFT-20. Results: The variance analysis found that subjects with low testosterone levels were more anger state that subjects with high testosterone. The gender was not significant with respect to this association. With regard to anger trait, the variance analysis showed an interactive effect of gender and hormone levels (testosterone and androstenedione). Further analysis showed that boys with high levels of androstenedione and high levels of testosterone had a greater control of anger expression. There was no significance in relation to the association androgens-impulsivity. Conclusion:It is suggested that in 9 year old boys, high androgen levels are more related with dominance than with aggression. Dominant subjects might have greater control of anger, which would facilitate the use of more subtle strategies for the attainment of resources. Conference: 41st European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting, Rhodes Island, Greece, 13 Sep - 18 Sep, 2009. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Poster presentations Citation: Pascual E, Azurmendi A, Braza P, Carreras MR and Ramon-Sanchez-Martin J (2009). Anger control and impulsivity and its relationship with androgen levels in 9-year-old boys and girls. Conference Abstract: 41st European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.08.2009.09.254 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 12 Jun 2009; Published Online: 12 Jun 2009. * Correspondence: Eider Pascual, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain, eider.pascual@gmail.com Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Eider Pascual Aitziber Azurmendi Paloma Braza Maria R Carreras Jose Ramon-Sanchez-Martin Google Eider Pascual Aitziber Azurmendi Paloma Braza Maria R Carreras Jose Ramon-Sanchez-Martin Google Scholar Eider Pascual Aitziber Azurmendi Paloma Braza Maria R Carreras Jose Ramon-Sanchez-Martin PubMed Eider Pascual Aitziber Azurmendi Paloma Braza Maria R Carreras Jose Ramon-Sanchez-Martin Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.