Aggression and violence represent a significant public health concern and a clinical
challenge for the mental healthcare provider. A great deal has been revealed regarding the …

This paper presents the Adaptive Calibration Model (ACM), an evolutionary–developmental
theory of individual differences in the functioning of the stress response system. The stress …

Testosterone is often considered a critical regulator of aggressive behaviour. There is
castration/replacement evidence that testosterone indeed drives aggression in some …

Traditional theories propose that testosterone should increase dominance and other status-
seeking behaviors, but empirical support has been inconsistent. The present research tested …

Testosterone and cortisol figure prominently in the research literature having to do with
human competition. In this review, we track the history of this literature, concentrating …

We review the literature on aggression in women with an emphasis on laboratory
experimentation and hormonal and brain mechanisms. Women tend to engage in more …

In human and non-human animals the steroid hormones cortisol and testosterone are
involved in social aggression and recent studies suggest that these steroids might jointly …

In this paper, we discuss the surging hormones of puberty and their influences on
adolescent behavior. We describe why these issues represent an interesting and important …

Testosterone plays a role in aggressive behavior, but the mechanisms remain unclear. The
present study tested the hypothesis that testosterone influences aggression through the …

Highlights•This paper reviews evidence for the dual-hormone hypothesis.•Testosterone's
association with status-relevant behavior depends on cortisol.•Behaviors include …