van Bokhoven Irene, van Goozen Stephanie H M, van Engeland Herman, Schaal Benoist, Arseneault Louise, Séguin Jean R, Assaad Jean-Marc, Nagin Daniel S, Vitaro Frank, Tremblay Richard E
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UMCU, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Horm Behav. 2006 Jun;50(1):118-25. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.02.002. Epub 2006 Apr 24.
Testosterone (T) has been found to have a stimulating effect on aggressive behavior in a wide range of vertebrate species. There is also some evidence of a positive relationship in humans, albeit less consistently. In the present study we investigated the relationship between T and aggression, dominance and delinquency over time, covering a period from early adolescence to adulthood. From a large population-based sample (n = 1.161) a subgroup of 96 boys was selected whose behavior had been assessed repeatedly by different informants from age 12 to 21 years, and who had provided multiple T samples over these years of assessment. On the whole, a decrease in aggressive and delinquent behavior was observed in a period in which T rises dramatically. Boys who developed a criminal record, had higher T levels at age 16. In addition, positive associations were observed between T and proactive and reactive aggression and self-reported delinquent behavior. Over the pubertal years different forms of aggressive and delinquent behavior were positively related to T, which may indicate that specific positive links are dependent on the social setting in which this relationship is assessed.
睾酮（T）已被发现在广泛的脊椎动物物种中对攻击行为具有刺激作用。在人类中也有一些存在正相关关系的证据，尽管不太一致。在本研究中，我们调查了从青春期早期到成年期这段时间内睾酮与攻击性、支配地位和犯罪行为之间的关系。从一个基于大量人群的样本（n = 1161）中，选取了96名男孩组成一个亚组，这些男孩的行为从12岁到21岁期间由不同的信息提供者进行了多次评估，并且在这些评估年份中提供了多个睾酮样本。总体而言，在睾酮急剧上升的时期，攻击和犯罪行为出现了下降。有犯罪记录的男孩在16岁时睾酮水平较高。此外，在睾酮与主动和反应性攻击以及自我报告的犯罪行为之间观察到了正相关。在青春期的几年里，不同形式的攻击和犯罪行为与睾酮呈正相关，这可能表明特定的正相关联系取决于评估这种关系的社会环境。
