Sex, aggression and impulse control: an integrative account.
There is evidence that the male sex and a personality style characterized by low self-control/high impulsivity and a propensity for negative emotionality increase the risk for impulsive aggressive, antisocial and criminal behavior. This article aims at identifying neurobiological factors underlying this association. It is concluded that the neurobiological correlates of impulsive aggression act through their effects on the ability to modulate impulsive expression more generally, and that sex-related differences in the neurobiological correlates of impulse control and emotion regulation mediate sex differences in direct aggression. A model is proposed that relates impulse control and its neurobiological correlates to sex differences in direct aggression.
Brain Research Institute, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. dstrueber@h-w-k.de
Daniel
D
Strüber
Monika
M
Lück
Gerhard
G
Roth
D000374:Aggression / Q000502:physiology*; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000503:physiopathology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013739:Testosterone / Q000378:metabolism
D012701:Serotonin; D013739:Testosterone