Sensation seeking and gonadal hormones
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Summary: Two samples of male students (N = 25, and N = 51) and a small sample of female students (N = 7) were administered the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS), and blood samples were drawn on two occasions to determine plasma levels of androgens and oestrogens. Reliable and significant simple and partial correlations were found between the sex hormones and the SSS subscale, Disinhibition. Partial correlations simultaneously controlled for height, weight, age, and recency of orgasm.
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Sensation seeking and substance use are closely tied to testosterone release in males and estrogen release in females.
“Sensation seeking and substance use have also been closely tied to testosterone release in males (Bauman et al., 1989; Daitzman & Zuckerman, 1980) and estrogen release in females (Daitzman et al., 1978; Martin et al., 1999).”
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- Authors
- Daitzman, R. J., Zuckerman, M., Sammelwitz, P., & Ganjam, V.
- Affiliations
- Fairfield University (US)
- University of Delaware (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Biosocial Science
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1978-10
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 401-408
- ISSN
- 0021-9320 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7599
- OpenAlex
- W2000427068
- Cited by
- 142
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Biosocial Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Pennsylvania
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- sensation seeking, gonadal hormones, androgens, estrogen, plasma hormone levels, disinhibition, sex differences, male students, female students, orgasm
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Androgens, Arousal, Drive, Estrogens, Female, Humans, Male, Monoamine Oxidase, Orgasm, Personality Tests, Sensation
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