Desinhibited personality and gonodal hormones in man

Resumen

This study analyzes the relationship between the sexual hormones and personality based in biological Zuckerman and Cloninger models in 105 health males. The age range was 17–53 years (mean 26.71 + 9.68 SEM). The sexual hormones were luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle- stimulating hormone (FSH), total testosterone (TT), free testosterone (FT) and bioavailable testosterone (BT) and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG). The personality variables were Novelty Seking scale (TCI-R) and Neuroticism-Anxiety –N-, Anx-, Impulsivity –ImpSS-, Sociability –Sy-, Activity –Act- and Aggressivity-Hostility -Agg-Host- of the ZKPQ-69. The results showed that TT, FT, BT and NS and Sy were related negatively with age. NS and Sy as associated with TT, FT and BT. Combining Sy + ImpSS the correlation improved a little. Subjects with extreme scores in NS and Sy + ImpSS obtained higher and significant mean scores on TT, FT and BT. The relations between sexual hormones and personality decreased after controlling the age.