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: Received: 9 May 2024 / Approved: 10 May 2024 / Online: 10 May 2024 (11:55:12 CEST)
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Aluja, A.; Balada, F.; García, Ó.; Aymamí, N.; García, L. F. The Androgen Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Shows a Greater Relationship with Impulsivity than Testosterone in a Male Healthy Sample. Preprints2024, 2024050658. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0658.v1
Aluja, A.; Balada, F.; García, Ó.; Aymamí, N.; García, L. F. The Androgen Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Shows a Greater Relationship with Impulsivity than Testosterone in a Male Healthy Sample. Preprints 2024, 2024050658. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0658.v1
Aluja, A.; Balada, F.; García, Ó.; Aymamí, N.; García, L. F. The Androgen Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Shows a Greater Relationship with Impulsivity than Testosterone in a Male Healthy Sample. Preprints2024, 2024050658. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0658.v1
APA Style
Aluja, A., Balada, F., García, Ó., Aymamí, N., & García, L. F. (2024). The Androgen Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Shows a Greater Relationship with Impulsivity than Testosterone in a Male Healthy Sample. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0658.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Aluja, A., Neus Aymamí and Luis F García. 2024 "The Androgen Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Shows a Greater Relationship with Impulsivity than Testosterone in a Male Healthy Sample" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0658.v1
Abstract
This study was designed to examine the relationships among the impulsivity construct as a personality trait, the dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S), and testosterone in a sample of 120 healthy middle-aged males. (Mage = 44.39; SD = 12.88). The sum of the three BIS-11 scales, the SR and the five UPPS-P scales correlated with DHEA-S .23 (p < .006) and testosterone .19 (p < .04), controlling for age. Partial correlations showed that DHEA-S is significantly related to Motor impulsivity (.24; p < .008), Sensitivity to Reward (.29; p < .002) and Lack of premeditation (.26; p < .05) and, to a lesser extent, Sensation Seeking (.19; p < .04) and Positive Urgency (.19; p < .04). Testosterone correlated with Attention impulsivity (.18; p < .04), Sensation Seeking (.18; p < .04), and Positive Urgency (.22; p < .01). Sensitivity to Reward, Negative Urgency and Positive Urgency were significant predictors of DHEA-S (R2 = .28), and Positive Urgency for testosterone (R2 = .09). Non-parametric LOESS graphical analysis for local regression allowed us to visualize the non-linear relationships between the impulsivity scales with the two androgens, including non-significant trends. We discuss the implications of these results for biological impulsive personality traits, the limitations of our analyses, and the possible development of future research.
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