Citation

van der Meij L, Almela M, Buunk AP, Dubbs SL, Salvador A. Aggressive Behav. 2012; 38(3): 208-212.

Affiliation

Laboratory of Social Neuroscience, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, International Society for Research on Aggression, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/ab.21422

PMID

22531996

Abstract

It has been shown that a smaller ratio between the length of the second and fourth digit (2D:4D) is an indicator of the exposure to prenatal testosterone (T). This study measured the 2D:4D of men and assessed dominance as a personality trait to investigate indirectly if the exposure to prenatal T is related to a dominant personality later in life. Results showed that men had a more aggressive dominant personality when having a more masculine (lower) 2D:4D, while there was no relationship between sociable dominance and 2D:4D. Findings from this study indicate that it is important to distinguish different forms of dominance since other studies failed to find relationships between dominance and 2D:4D. Aggr. Behav. 38:208-212, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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