[HTML][HTML] Testosterone and fathers' parenting unraveled: links with the quantity and quality of father-child interactions

EE de Vries, LD van der Pol, HJ Vermeer… - … Human Behavior and …, 2019 - Springer
Objective Individual differences in quality of father involvement in caregiving might in part be
explained by fathers' testosterone (T) levels. We examined the links between fathers'(n= 32) …

Individual variation in fathers' testosterone reactivity to infant distress predicts parenting behaviors with their 1‐year‐old infants

PX Kuo, EK Saini, E Thomason… - Developmental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Positive father involvement is associated with positive child outcomes. There is great
variation in fathers' involvement and fathering behaviors, and men's testosterone (T) has …

Testosterone is associated with perceived constraint in early fatherhood

P Waldvogel, U Ehlert - Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 2018 - Springer
Paternal care is facilitated by a decline in testosterone levels following the transition to
fatherhood. This process is considered to mediate a trade-off between mating and parenting …

Fathering behavior, attachment, and engagement in childcare predict testosterone and cortisol

L Ahnert, F Deichmann, M Bauer… - Developmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The present study examined testosterone (T) and cortisol (Cort) in fathers engaged with
caregiving. We collected saliva samples in the mornings and evenings of two consecutive …

Fathers' cortisol and testosterone in the days around infants' births predict later paternal involvement

PX Kuo, JM Braungart-Rieker, JEB Lefever… - Hormones and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Human paternal behavior is multidimensional, and extant research has yet to delineate how
hormone patterns may be related to different dimensions of fathering. Further, although …

Fathers: The interplay between testosterone levels and self-control in relation to parenting quality

LD van der Pol, MG Groeneveld, SR van Berkel… - Hormones and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, we examined the potential interaction effect between fathers' basal testosterone
levels and their ability to control their impulses in relation to their quality of parenting …

Testosterone and relationship quality across the transition to fatherhood

T Perini, B Ditzen, S Fischbacher, U Ehlert - Biological psychology, 2012 - Elsevier
Recent research points to decreasing testosterone (T) levels as well as decreasing
relationship quality during the transition to fatherhood, and it has been suggested that T …

Diurnal testosterone variability is differentially associated with parenting quality in mothers and fathers

JJ Endendijk, ET Hallers-Haalboom… - Hormones and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Previous studies on the relation between testosterone (T) levels and parenting have found
ample evidence for the challenge hypothesis, demonstrating that high T levels inhibit …

The postnatal testosterone rebound in first‐time fathers and the quality and quantity of paternal care

R Corpuz, S D'Alessandro… - Developmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In human males, testosterone (T) decreases in the period following the birth of offspring. This
decline has been widely interpreted as a facultative neuroendocrine response that facilitates …

Short-term changes in fathers' hormones during father–child play: impacts of paternal attitudes and experience

LT Gettler, TW McDade, SS Agustin… - Hormones and Behavior, 2011 - Elsevier
Hormonal differences between fathers and non-fathers may reflect an effect of paternal care
on hormones. However, few studies have evaluated the hormonal responses of fathers after …