Sensation seeking in opposite-sex twins: an effect of prenatal hormones?
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Intrauterine hormones and position with respect to male and female littermates influence sexually dimorphic adult behavior in litter-bearing animals. Opposite-sex dizygotic twins offer the opportunity to examine analogous effects on sex-related human behaviors. To illustrate this approach, Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) scores from 422 British twin pairs, including 51 opposite-sex pairs (Zuckerman, M., et al., J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 46:139-149, 1978), were reanalyzed. Zuckerman et al. (1978) have shown that some aspects of sensation seeking are consistently increased in males relative to females. In comparing age-adjusted data for opposite and same-sex twins, our reanalysis demonstrated the predicted increase in sensation seeking in female members of opposite-sex pairs. Results were significant for measures of disinhibition, experience seeking, and overall sensation seeking. In contrast, male opposite-sex twins were not significantly different from male same-sex twins. Although psychosocial explanations of the increased sensation seeking in opposite-sex female twins cannot be excluded, these finding are consistent with hypothesized in utero hormonal influences on later behavioral development.
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- Authors
- Resnick, S. M., Gottesman, I. I., & McGue, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Venue
- Behavior Genetics
- Published
- 1993-07
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 323-329
- ISSN
- 0001-8244 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3297
- OpenAlex
- W1995338164
- Cited by
- 136
- References
- 67
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 1.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Behavior Genetics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r29mh043740-04)
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH 43880, MH-43740)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- sensation seeking, prenatal hormones, opposite-sex twins, dizygotic twins, sexual dimorphism, intrauterine position, disinhibition, experience seeking, Sensation Seeking Scale, sex differences in behavior
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personality, Personality Inventory, Pregnancy, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Risk-Taking, Sex Differentiation, Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Twins, Twins, Dizygotic, Twins, Monozygotic
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