Massaccesi Claudia, Johnson-Ferguson Lydia, Zimmermann Josua, Ehlert Alexander, Baumgartner Markus R, Binz Tina M, Ribeaud Denis, Eisner Manuel P, Shanahan Lilly, Rahut Heiko, Quednow Boris B
Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna 1010, Austria.
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna 1010, Austria.
Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2024 Dec 13;19(1). doi: 10.1093/scan/nsae090.
Prior research has established that testosterone is an important modulator of social decision-making. However, evidence on the relationship between basal testosterone levels, commonly measured in saliva or blood, and social behavior has been inconsistent due to methodological shortcomings. Additionally, it has been suggested that cortisol might moderate the association between basal testosterone and social behavior. The present study examined how individual differences in cumulative hair testosterone map onto social decision-making under consideration of a potential modulating role of hair cortisol in a large community sample of young adults (N = 1002). We observed a negative association between hair testosterone and trust behavior (odds ratio = 0.84) and a positive association with self-reported aggressive behavior (β = 0.08). The effects were small and became nonsignificant after controlling for key covariates of steroid hormones in hair (e.g. hair color, contraceptives, and use of psychoactive substances). Hair testosterone levels were not significantly associated with any other social behavior examined, and no modulating effects of hair cortisol were found. Overall, these findings provide no evidence for a role of basal testosterone hair concentrations in human social decision-making and do not indicate that hair cortisol moderates hair testosterone's effects on social behavior.
先前的研究已证实，睾酮是社会决策的重要调节因子。然而，由于方法上的缺陷，关于通常在唾液或血液中测量的基础睾酮水平与社会行为之间关系的证据并不一致。此外，有人提出皮质醇可能会调节基础睾酮与社会行为之间的关联。本研究在一个由大量年轻成年人组成的社区样本（N = 1002）中，考察了累积毛发睾酮的个体差异如何映射到社会决策上，并考虑了毛发皮质醇的潜在调节作用。我们观察到毛发睾酮与信任行为呈负相关（优势比 = 0.84），与自我报告的攻击性行为呈正相关（β = 0.08）。这些影响较小，在控制了毛发中类固醇激素的关键协变量（如头发颜色、避孕药和精神活性物质的使用）后变得不显著。毛发睾酮水平与所考察的任何其他社会行为均无显著关联，且未发现毛发皮质醇的调节作用。总体而言，这些发现没有为基础睾酮毛发浓度在人类社会决策中的作用提供证据，也未表明毛发皮质醇会调节毛发睾酮对社会行为的影响。
