Skip to main content
Journal cover image

Testosterone reactivity to provocation mediates the effect of early intervention on aggressive behavior.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Carré, JM; Iselin, A-MR; Welker, KM; Hariri, AR; Dodge, KA
Published in: Psychological science
May 2014

We tested the hypotheses that the Fast Track intervention program for high-risk children would reduce adult aggressive behavior and that this effect would be mediated by decreased testosterone responses to social provocation. Participants were a subsample of males from the full trial sample, who during kindergarten had been randomly assigned to the 10-year Fast Track intervention or to a control group. The Fast Track program attempted to develop children's social competencies through child social-cognitive and emotional-coping skills training, peer-relations coaching, academic tutoring, and classroom management, as well as training for parents to manage their child's behavior. At a mean age of 26 years, participants responded to laboratory provocations. Results indicated that, relative to control participants, men assigned to the intervention demonstrated reduced aggression and testosterone reactivity to social provocations. Moreover, reduced testosterone reactivity mediated the effect of intervention on aggressive behavior, which provides evidence for an enduring biological mechanism underlying the effect of early psychosocial intervention on aggressive behavior in adulthood.

Duke Scholars

Altmetric Attention Stats
Dimensions Citation Stats

Published In

Psychological science

DOI

EISSN

1467-9280

ISSN

0956-7976

Publication Date

May 2014

Volume

25

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1140 / 1146

Related Subject Headings

  • Testosterone
  • Schools
  • Negotiating
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Early Intervention, Educational
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Child
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Carré, J. M., Iselin, A.-M., Welker, K. M., Hariri, A. R., & Dodge, K. A. (2014). Testosterone reactivity to provocation mediates the effect of early intervention on aggressive behavior. Psychological Science, 25(5), 1140–1146. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797614525642
Carré, Justin M., Anne-Marie R. Iselin, Keith M. Welker, Ahmad R. Hariri, and Kenneth A. Dodge. “Testosterone reactivity to provocation mediates the effect of early intervention on aggressive behavior.Psychological Science 25, no. 5 (May 2014): 1140–46. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797614525642.
Carré JM, Iselin A-MR, Welker KM, Hariri AR, Dodge KA. Testosterone reactivity to provocation mediates the effect of early intervention on aggressive behavior. Psychological science. 2014 May;25(5):1140–6.
Carré, Justin M., et al. “Testosterone reactivity to provocation mediates the effect of early intervention on aggressive behavior.Psychological Science, vol. 25, no. 5, May 2014, pp. 1140–46. Epmc, doi:10.1177/0956797614525642.
Carré JM, Iselin A-MR, Welker KM, Hariri AR, Dodge KA. Testosterone reactivity to provocation mediates the effect of early intervention on aggressive behavior. Psychological science. 2014 May;25(5):1140–1146.
Journal cover image

Published In

Psychological science

DOI

EISSN

1467-9280

ISSN

0956-7976

Publication Date

May 2014

Volume

25

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1140 / 1146

Related Subject Headings

  • Testosterone
  • Schools
  • Negotiating
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Early Intervention, Educational
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Child
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder