?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Testosterone+and+Dominance+in+Men&rft.creator=Mazur%2C+Allan&rft.creator=Booth%2C+Alan&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=In+men%2C+high+levels+of+endogenous+testosterone+(T)+seem+to+encourage+behavior+apparently+intended+to+dominate+--+to+enhance+one's+status+over+--+other+people.+Sometimes+dominant+behavior+is+aggressive%2C+its+apparent+intent+being+to+inflict+harm+on+another+person%2C+but+often+dominance+is+expressed+nonaggressively.+Sometimes+dominant+behavior+takes+the+form+of+antisocial+behavior%2C+including+rebellion+against+authority+and+law+breaking.+Measurement+of+T+at+a+single+point+in+time%2C+presumably+indicative+of+a+man's+basal+T+level%2C+predicts+many+of+these+dominant+or+antisocial+behaviors.+T+not+only+affects+behavior+but+also+responds+to+it.+The+act+of+competing+for+dominant+status+affects+male+T+levels+in+two+ways.+First%2C+T+rises+in+the+face+of+a+challenge%2C+as+if+it+were+an+anticipatory+response+to+impending+competition.+Second%2C+after+the+competition%2C+T+rises+in+winners+and+declines+in+losers.+Thus%2C+there+is+a+reciprocity+between+T+and+dominance+behavior%2C+each+affecting+the+other.+We+contrast+a+reciprocal+model%2C+in+which+T+level+is+variable%2C+acting+as+both+a+cause+and+effect+of+behavior%2C+with+a+basal+model%2C+in+which+T+level+is+assumed+to+be+a+persistent+trait+that+influences+behavior.+An+unusual+data+set+on+Air+Force+veterans%2C+in+which+data+were+collected+four+times+over+a+decade%2C+enables+us+to+compare+the+basal+and+reciprocal+models+as+explanations+for+the+relationship+between+T+and+divorce.+We+discuss+sociological+implications+of+these+models.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F663%2F1%2Fbbs_mazur.html&rft.identifier=++Mazur%2C+Allan+and+Booth%2C+Alan++(1997)+Testosterone+and+Dominance+in+Men.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F663%2F