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Androgen administration to hypogonadal and eugonadal men—effects on measures of sensation seeking, personality and spatial ability

Personality and Individual DifferencesPublished 1 January 1984
Ronan E. O’Carroll
Citations12
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SJR score1.42
SNIP1.34

TL;DR

When the two patient groups were compared while receiving no androgen treatment, the eugonadal men produced significantly higher scores on the Sensation Seeking Scale, suggesting that androgen administration had little effect on these measures.

Abstract

A group of hypogonadal and a group of eugonadal (endocrinologically normal) men complaining of sexual dysfunction were treated with androgens. Psychometric measures of sensation seeking, personality and spatial ability were made before and after treatment. Short-term androgen administration had little effect on these measures. However when the two patient groups were compared while receiving no androgen treatment, the eugonadal men produced significantly higher scores on the Sensation Seeking Scale.

Keywords

PsychologyEngineering