title: Variability in diurnal testosterone, exposure to violence, and antisocial behavior in young adolescents.
abstract: The purpose of this report is to provide evidence of an association between within-person variability in diurnal testosterone over 1 year, lifetime exposure to violence, and the manifestation of antisocial behavior in 135 pubertal-aged adolescents across 1 year. Adolescents' sex and lifetime history of violence exposure moderated the association between within-person variability in diurnal testosterone and antisocial behavior. Furthermore, sex-stratified analyses revealed that lifetime history of exposure to violence moderated the association between within-person variability in diurnal testosterone and antisocial behavior in females only. This report is unique in that it illuminates sex differences in within-person associations among exposure to violence, individual variability in diurnal testosterone, and antisocial behavior.
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania State University.
authors.forename: Melissa K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Peckins
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania State University.
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Susman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D000069581:Exposure to Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011627:Puberty / Q000097:blood / Q000523:psychology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood*; D014754:Violence
chemical_list: D013739:Testosterone