The mismatch effect
When testosterone and status are at odds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6202364 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert A Josephs, Robert Josephs (0000-0002-2422-0150, The University of Texas at Austin), Jennifer Guinn Sellers (The University of Texas at Austin), Matthew L Newman (Bard College), Pranjal H Mehta (0000-0001-7570-7404, The University of Texas at Austin) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 999-1013 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.90.6.999 |
| PMID | 16784348 |
| OpenAlex | W2013223215 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 54 |
| References cited | 63 |
Why do some people strive for high status, whereas others actively avoid it? In the present studies, the authors examined the psychological and physiological consequences of a mismatch between baseline testosterone and a person's current level of status. The authors tested this mismatch effect by placing high and low testosterone individuals into high or low status positions using a rigged competition. In Study 1, low testosterone participants reported greater emotional arousal, focused more on their status, and showed worse cognitive functioning in a high status position. High testosterone participants showed this pattern in a low status position. In Study 2, the emotional arousal findings were replicated with heart rate, and the cognitive findings were replicated using a math test. In Study 3, the authors demonstrate that testosterone is a better predictor of behavior than self-report measures of the need for dominance. Discussion focuses on the value of measuring hormones in personality and social psychology
Arousal · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Dominance (genetics) · Logistic regression · Odds · Personality · Psychiatry · Social status · Testosterone (patch) · Clinical Psychology · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 46 |