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No evidence for an association of testosterone and cortisol hair concentrations with social decision-making in a large cohort of young adults

Massaccesi, Claudia; Johnson-Ferguson, Lydia; Zimmermann, Josua; Ehlert, Alexander; Baumgartner, Markus R; Binz, Tina Maria; Ribeaud, Denis; Eisner, Manuel P; Shanahan, Lilly; Rauhut, Heiko; Quednow, Boris B (2024). No evidence for an association of testosterone and cortisol hair concentrations with social decision-making in a large cohort of young adults. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 19(1):1-8.

Abstract

Prior research has established that testosterone is an important modulator of social decision-making. However, evidence on the relationship between basal testosterone levels, commonly measured in saliva or blood, and social behavior has been inconsistent due to methodological shortcomings. Additionally, it has been suggested that cortisol might moderate the association between basal testosterone and social behavior. The present study examined how individual differences in cumulative hair testosterone map onto social decision-making under consideration of a potential modulating role of hair cortisol in a large community sample of young adults (N = 1002). We observed a negative association between hair testosterone and trust behavior (odds ratio = 0.84) and a positive association with self-reported aggressive behavior (β = 0.08). The effects were small and became nonsignificant after controlling for key covariates of steroid hormones in hair (e.g. hair color, contraceptives, and use of psychoactive substances). Hair testosterone levels were not significantly associated with any other social behavior examined, and no modulating effects of hair cortisol were found. Overall, these findings provide no evidence for a role of basal testosterone hair concentrations in human social decision-making and do not indicate that hair cortisol moderates hair testosterone’s effects on social behavior.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics
06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Psychology
06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Sociology
06 Faculty of Arts > Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development
04 Faculty of Medicine > Institute of Legal Medicine
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Uncontrolled Keywords:social decision-making; prosocial behavior; testosterone; cortisol; hair hormones
Language:English
Date:30 November 2024
Deposited On:16 Dec 2024 17:30
Last Modified:08 Feb 2025 15:35
Publisher:Oxford University Press
ISSN:1749-5016
OA Status:Gold
Free access at:Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsae090
PubMed ID:39671693
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