Testosterone and cortisol modulate the effects of empathy on aggression in children

This study aimed to analyze the potential moderating role of circulating testosterone, cortisol and estradiol levels on the attenuating effect of empathy on aggression in children. Participants were 139 children (80 boys and 59 girls) from the 3rd year of primary school (age 8). Their aggressive beh...

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Autores: Pascual Sagastizabal, Eider, Del Puerto Golzarri, Nora, Cardas, Jaione, Sánchez Martín, José Ramón, Vergara Iraeta, Ana Isabel, Azurmendi Imaz, Aitziber
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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Palabra clave:Testosterone
Cortisol
Aggression
Empathy
Children
Sex differences
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spelling Testosterone and cortisol modulate the effects of empathy on aggression in childrenPascual Sagastizabal, EiderDel Puerto Golzarri, NoraCardas, JaioneSánchez Martín, José RamónVergara Iraeta, Ana IsabelAzurmendi Imaz, AitziberTestosteroneCortisolAggressionEmpathyChildrenSex differencesThis study aimed to analyze the potential moderating role of circulating testosterone, cortisol and estradiol levels on the attenuating effect of empathy on aggression in children. Participants were 139 children (80 boys and 59 girls) from the 3rd year of primary school (age 8). Their aggressive behavior was measured by the Direct and Indirect Aggression Scale, an instrument which uses peer rating; empathy was measured using the Empathy Quotient-Child Version. Hormone levels (testosterone, cortisol and estradiol) were analyzed using an en zymoimmunoassay technique in saliva samples. A regression analysis revealed an interaction effect of empathy x testosterone in girls, with higher levels of empathy corresponding to lower levels of aggression at both moderate and low testosterone levels. In boys, an interaction effect of empathy x cortisol was observed, with lower levels of empathy corresponding to higher aggression levels at moderate and high cortisol levels, and higher levels of empathy corresponding to lower aggression levels again at moderate and high cortisol levels. Our results in dicate the importance of taking the interaction of psychological and biological factors into account in order to gain greater insight into the complex mechanisms underlying aggressive behavior.Funding for this study was provided by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (PSI2010-1750) and funding provided by Basque Country Government (GIC07/19-IT-238-07; BFI 08.111).Elsevier202620262019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/78533reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoIngléshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.01.014info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/© 2019 Elsevier under CC BY-NC-ND licenseoai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/785332026-06-18T09:23:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Testosterone and cortisol modulate the effects of empathy on aggression in children
title Testosterone and cortisol modulate the effects of empathy on aggression in children
spellingShingle Testosterone and cortisol modulate the effects of empathy on aggression in children
Pascual Sagastizabal, Eider
Testosterone
Cortisol
Aggression
Empathy
Children
Sex differences
title_short Testosterone and cortisol modulate the effects of empathy on aggression in children
title_full Testosterone and cortisol modulate the effects of empathy on aggression in children
title_fullStr Testosterone and cortisol modulate the effects of empathy on aggression in children
title_full_unstemmed Testosterone and cortisol modulate the effects of empathy on aggression in children
title_sort Testosterone and cortisol modulate the effects of empathy on aggression in children
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pascual Sagastizabal, Eider
Del Puerto Golzarri, Nora
Cardas, Jaione
Sánchez Martín, José Ramón
Vergara Iraeta, Ana Isabel
Azurmendi Imaz, Aitziber
author Pascual Sagastizabal, Eider
author_facet Pascual Sagastizabal, Eider
Del Puerto Golzarri, Nora
Cardas, Jaione
Sánchez Martín, José Ramón
Vergara Iraeta, Ana Isabel
Azurmendi Imaz, Aitziber
author_role author
author2 Del Puerto Golzarri, Nora
Cardas, Jaione
Sánchez Martín, José Ramón
Vergara Iraeta, Ana Isabel
Azurmendi Imaz, Aitziber
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Testosterone
Cortisol
Aggression
Empathy
Children
Sex differences
topic Testosterone
Cortisol
Aggression
Empathy
Children
Sex differences
description This study aimed to analyze the potential moderating role of circulating testosterone, cortisol and estradiol levels on the attenuating effect of empathy on aggression in children. Participants were 139 children (80 boys and 59 girls) from the 3rd year of primary school (age 8). Their aggressive behavior was measured by the Direct and Indirect Aggression Scale, an instrument which uses peer rating; empathy was measured using the Empathy Quotient-Child Version. Hormone levels (testosterone, cortisol and estradiol) were analyzed using an en zymoimmunoassay technique in saliva samples. A regression analysis revealed an interaction effect of empathy x testosterone in girls, with higher levels of empathy corresponding to lower levels of aggression at both moderate and low testosterone levels. In boys, an interaction effect of empathy x cortisol was observed, with lower levels of empathy corresponding to higher aggression levels at moderate and high cortisol levels, and higher levels of empathy corresponding to lower aggression levels again at moderate and high cortisol levels. Our results in dicate the importance of taking the interaction of psychological and biological factors into account in order to gain greater insight into the complex mechanisms underlying aggressive behavior.
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