Olweus D, Mattsson A, Schalling D, Löw H
Department of Personality Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.
Psychosom Med. 1988 May-Jun;50(3):261-72. doi: 10.1097/00006842-198805000-00004.
Empirical analyses conducted within a causal-analytic framework (path analysis) on a sample of normal adolescent human males suggested that circulating levels of testosterone in the blood had a direct causal influence on provoked aggressive behavior (self-reports): A high level of testosterone led to an increased readiness to respond vigorously and assertively to provocations and threats. Testosterone also had an indirect and weaker affect on another aggression dimension: High levels of testosterone made the boys more impatient and irritable, which in turn increased their propensity to engage in aggressive-destructive behavior. Two somewhat parallel dimensions of behavior, intermale and irritable aggression, have been identified in animal research to be under testosterone control.
在因果分析框架（路径分析）内，对正常青少年男性样本进行的实证分析表明，血液中睾酮的循环水平对引发的攻击性行为（自我报告）有直接因果影响：高睾酮水平导致对挑衅和威胁做出强烈且坚定反应的准备增加。睾酮对另一个攻击维度也有间接且较弱的影响：高睾酮水平使男孩们更不耐烦和易怒，这反过来又增加了他们参与攻击性破坏行为的倾向。在动物研究中已确定，两种有些平行的行为维度，即雄性间攻击和易怒性攻击，受睾酮控制。
