Prenatal androgen exposure and children's gender-typed behavior and toy and playmate preferences
Autor: | Thomas G. O'Connor, Sharon Neufeld, Vivette Glover, Ieuan A. Hughes, Vickie Pasterski, Carlo L. Acerini, Peter C. Hindmarsh, Debra Spencer, Melissa Hines |
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Přispěvatelé: | Spencer, Debra [0000-0003-0098-5658], Neufeld, Sharon [0000-0001-5470-3770], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Male
Amniotic fluid medicine.drug_class Physiology Prenatal testosterone exposure Friends Gender-typed play behavior Choice Behavior Article Androgen 03 medical and health sciences Behavioral Neuroscience Interpersonal relationship 0302 clinical medicine Endocrinology Pregnancy Sex differences medicine Humans Congenital adrenal hyperplasia Interpersonal Relations Testosterone Playmate preferences Child Sex Characteristics Adrenal Hyperplasia Congenital Endocrine and Autonomic Systems business.industry Case-control study Gender Identity medicine.disease Amniotic Fluid 030227 psychiatry Play and Playthings Amniotic fluid testosterone Case-Control Studies Child Preschool Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects Androgens Female Toy preferences business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Sex characteristics |
Zdroj: | Horm Behav |
ISSN: | 1095-6867 |
Popis: | We report findings from two studies investigating possible relations of prenatal androgen exposure to a broad measure of children's gender-typed behavior, as well as specifically to children's toy and playmate preferences. Study 1 investigated these outcomes for 43 girls and 38 boys, aged 4 to 11 years, with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH, a genetic condition causing increased adrenal androgen production beginning prenatally) compared to similarly-aged, unaffected relatives (41 girls, 31 boys). The predicted sex differences were found for all of the outcome measures. Furthermore, girls with CAH showed increased male-typical and decreased female-typical behavior and toy and playmate preferences compared to unaffected girls. Study 2 investigated the relationship of amniotic fluid testosterone to gender-typed behavior and toy and playmate preferences in typically developing children (48 girls, 44 boys) aged 3 to 5 years. Although the predicted sex differences were found for all of the outcome measures, amniotic fluid testosterone was not a significant correlate, in the predicted direction, of any outcome measure for either sex. The results of study 1 provide additional support for an influence of prenatal androgen exposure on children's gender-typed behavior, including toy and playmate preferences. The results of study 2 do not, but amniotic fluid testosterone may be an insufficiently sensitive measure of early androgen exposure. A more sensitive and reliable measure of prenatal androgen exposure may be needed to consistently detect relations to later gender typed behavior in non-clinical populations. |
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