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dc.contributor.authorGeniole, Shawn N.
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-07T14:06:27Z
dc.date.available2013-05-07T14:06:27Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-07
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/4355
dc.description.abstractI investigated factors of psychopathy (fearless dominance, self-centered impulsivity) and hormones (testosterone, cortisol, estradiol) in predicting costly and non-costly reactive aggression. I hypothesized that whereas self-centred impulsivity (SCI) would promote costly aggression, fearless dominance (FD) would promote non-costly aggression. Costly aggression was measured using the Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm and noncostly aggression was measured using one-shot dictator games. In women (n = 97; M age = 19.86 years), greater SCI and lower baseline estradiol predicted greater costly aggression; also, greater FD predicted greater non-costly aggression, particularly among women with lower SCI. In men (n = 104; M age = 20.15 years), psychopathy and endocrine function did not predict costly aggression; however, greater FD and greater increases in testosterone were associated with greater non-costly aggression. Thus, there are sex-specific links between psychopathic personality traits, hormones, and aggressive behaviour, and psychopathic traits and endocrine function predict aggressive behaviour independently of each other.en_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectAgressive behaviouren_US
dc.subjectPsychopathyen_US
dc.titlePsychopathic Traits and Endocrine Function as Predictors of Costly and Non-Costly Reactive Aggressionen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameM.A. Psychologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Social Sciencesen_US
dc.embargo.termsNoneen_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-08-08T02:10:53Z


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