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
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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