Testosterone is not associated with traits of optimism or pessimism: observational evidence from the prospective DETECT study
Previous experimental research on testosterone (T) and psychological traits is inconclusive. Thus, we performed the first large-scale observational study of the association between T and dispositional optimism / pessimism.
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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November 29, 2018
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PLOS ONE
Year: 2018, Volume: 13, Issue: 11 |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0207870 |
| Online Access: | Resolving-System, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207870 Verlag: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0207870 
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| Author Notes: | Hanna Kische, Jürgen Hoyer, Lars Pieper, John Venz, Jens Klotsche, Winfried März, Uwe Koch-Gromus, David Pittrow, Hendrik Lehnert, Sigmund Silber, Günter K. Stalla, Andreas M. Zeiher, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, Robin Haring |
| Summary: | Previous experimental research on testosterone (T) and psychological traits is inconclusive. Thus, we performed the first large-scale observational study of the association between T and dispositional optimism / pessimism. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 23.10.2019 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0207870 |