Marriage and fatherhood are associated with lower testosterone in males

By P. Gray, Sonya M. Kahlenberg, E. Barrett, S. Lipson, P. Ellison. 2002

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

Dominance, aggression and testosterone in wild chimpanzees: a test of the ‘challenge hypothesis’ (2004, background): “In humans, evening levels of testosterone show stronger correlations with behavioural measures than do morning levels (e.g. Worthman & Konner 1987; Berg & WynneEdwards 2001; Gray et al. 2002).”
Testosterone is associated with mating success but not attractiveness or masculinity in human males (2008, background): “Furthermore, men who are fathers have lower testosterone than single men, and trade-off mating effort for parenting effort (Gray et al. 2002).”
Testosterone and human aggression: an evaluation of the challenge hypothesis. (2006, background): “In a sample of married men without children, Gray et al. (2002) found that the degree of investment in their spouse (measured by a 21-item spousal investment scale) was negatively correlated with testosterone levels (rZK0.”
Hormones and personality: Testosterone as a marker of individual differences (2007, result): “Although other researchers have reported comparable T levels using the same enzyme-immunoassay procedure (e.g., Gray, Kahlenberg, Barrett, Lipson, & Ellison, 2002 ), substantially lower levels are more typical (e.g., Schultheiss et al., 2005).”
Behavioral and hormonal responses of men to brief interactions with women (2003, result): “As such, the present research complements recent findings that have suggested changes in T levels on longer time scales after marriage or fatherhood ( Gray, Kahlenberg, Barrett, Lipson, & Ellison, 2002 ).”