Testosterone and status and social connectedness


Physiol Behav. 2005 Oct 16; [Epub ahead of print]


Intercollegiate soccer: Saliva cortisol and testosterone are elevated
during competition, and testosterone is related to status and social
connectedness with teammates.

Edwards DA, Wetzel K, Wyner DR.

Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.

Men and women from a southern university's intercollegiate varsity soccer
teams gave saliva samples before and after league matches. For the men,
samples were collected for a single game ending in victory. For the women,
samples were collected for two games, one of which ended in victory and the
other in defeat. For both men and women, match competition substantially
increased saliva cortisol (C) and testosterone (T). For women, play-related
increases in saliva C and T were similar in victory and defeat. For both
men and women, saliva T (but not C) was highly correlated with teammate
ratings of playing abilities-one measure of status with teammates-and
self-ratings of social connectedness with teammates, but the nature of the
relationship was different according to sex. For men, play-related changes
in T were positively correlated with these variables, but before-game T was
not. For women, before-game T was positively related to each of these
variables, but play-related changes in T were not. Status and social
connectedness are pertinent to understanding interpersonal dynamics in most
social groups, and these results-which link T and these variables in an
athletic context-may have relevance for understanding social relationships
in other settings.

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