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Det finns studier som talar för att T inte är kopplad till aggressivitet, men det finns även en hel drös studier där ute som påstår att T utan tvekan är kopplad till aggressivitet. Personligen är jag övertygad om att det finns en stor koppling, då det makes sense evolutionary. Tror dock man bör göra en skillnad mellan lätt-irritation och riktig aggressivitet i form av att bevara/öka status.

En väldigt bra sida ansamling olika T studier:

http://cogprints.org/663/1/bbs_mazur.html

Dabbs et al. (1987), studying 89 adult male inmates, found T related to violence of their crimes, and peer ratings of toughness. In another group of 113 male inmates, aged 17 to 18 years, Dabbs et al. (1991) found that those high in T committed more violent crimes, were judged more harshly by the parole board, and violated prison rules more often than those low in T. In yet another group of 490 prison inmates, their mean age 20 years, T was related to violence of the crime, and with violating rules in prison, especially rules involving overt confrontation, leading the investigators to characterize high T individuals as "dominant and confrontational"

Scaramella and Brown (1978), studying 14 male college hockey players aged 18 to 23, found a significant correlation between T and coach ratings of players' aggressiveness in response to threat. Jeffcoate et al. (1986), studying four male physicians aged 28 to 38 who were confined on a boat for a two-week holiday cruise, report T to be correlated with the physicians' assertive and dominant behavior, as ranked by three women also on the boat. Lindman et al. (1987), studying 25 men aged 22 to 27, found significantly higher T among those judged by their peers to be most aggressive while drunk. Banks and Dabbs (1996) found higher mean T among 16 young men they classified as "delinquent," based on flamboyant dress, drug use, and violence, than among 15 college men. Using an unusually large sample of 4,462 male army veterans in their 30s and 40s, several investigators (Dabbs and Morris 1990; Booth and Osgood 1993; Booth and Dabbs 1993; Mazur 1995) show T to be significantly related to self-reports of diverse antisocial behaviors, including childhood truancy, trouble as an adult on the job and with the law, marital disruption, drug and alcohol abuse, violent behavior, and military AWOL -- mostly indicators of rebelliousness and assertive norm breaking.

Eller denna där man kom fram till att man kunde bedöma en mans benägenhet till aggressivitet enbart genom att kolla på hans ansiktsstruktur, primärt hans fWHR (face width to height ratio - vilket är en stark indikator på hur mkt testo man utsattes för dels i livmodern men även under puberteten)

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/inde...ssion.html

Angry words and gestures are not the only way to get a sense of how temperamental a person is. According to new findings in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, a quick glance at someone’s facial structure may be enough for us to predict their tendency towards aggression.
Facial width-to-height ratio (WHR) is determined by measuring the distance between the right and left cheeks and the distance from the upper lip to the mid-brow. During childhood, boys and girls have similar facial structures, but during puberty, males develop a greater WHR than females. Previous research has suggested that males with a larger WHR act more aggressively than those with a smaller WHR. For example, studies have shown that hockey players with greater WHR earn more penalty minutes per game than players with lower WHR.

Sjukt nog kunde man genom att kolla på en mans fWHR även förutspå hans överkroppsstyrka samt hur bra han är på att slåss, creepy right?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...135809.htm

For our ancestors, misjudging the physical strength of a would-be opponent might have resulted in painful –– and potentially deadly –– defeat.



Now, a study conducted by a team of scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara has found that a mechanism exists within the human brain that enables people to determine with uncanny accuracy the fighting ability of men around them by honing in on their upper body strength. What's more, that assessment can be made even when everything but the men's faces are obscured from view.

A mechanism exists within the human brain that enables people to determine with uncanny accuracy the fighting ability of men around them by honing in on their upper body strength.