title: Thyroid hormone correlates of sensation seeking and anxiety in healthy human females.
abstract: The present study explores the relationships among a number of personality measures (the Sensation-Seeking Scale, SSS; the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Susceptibility to Punishment Scale) and some parameters of the pituitary-thyroid axis. The study was carried out on a group of 37 physically and mentally fit female volunteers, none of whom had a personal history of psychiatric or endocrinologic illness. The subjects were controlled for the menstrual cycle. The most relevant result was a significant negative relationship between the SSS score and plasma basal levels of thyroxine (T4) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Interaction between T4 and TSH levels with trait anxiety was also observed.
authors.affiliation: Facultat de Psicologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Expaña.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Balada
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Torrubia
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Arqué
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000097:blood*; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology*; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D013963:Thyroid Hormones