@article{ref1,
title="Testosterone and Self-Reported Dominance Interact to Influence Human Mating Behavior",
journal="Social psychological and personality science",
year="2011",
author="Slatcher, Richard B. and Mehta, Pranjal H. and Josephs, Robert A.",
volume="2",
number="5",
pages="531-539",
abstract="In this study, 76 men came into the lab in pairs and engaged in a 7-minute videotaped mate competition for the attention of an attractive female confederate. Pre-competition testosterone (T) levels were positively associated with men's dominance behaviors and with how much the confederate indicated that she &quot;clicked&quot; with each participant. Dyadic analyses showed that self-reported dominance moderated the effects of T on one's own dominance behaviors and on opponents' dominance behaviors. Specifically, among men high in self-reported dominance, there was a strong positive association between T and their own dominance behaviors and a strong negative association between T and opponents' dominance behaviors. However, among men low in self-reported dominance, there was no association between T and dominance behaviors. These findings provide novel evidence linking T with evolutionarily adaptive behaviors in humans and suggest that T interacts with people's explicit dominance motives to regulate behaviors that enhance mating success.<p />",
language="",
issn="1948-5506",
doi="10.1177/1948550611400099",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550611400099"
}