S. Vangoozen et al., ANGER AND AGGRESSION IN WOMEN - INFLUENCE OF SPORTS CHOICE AND TESTOSTERONE ADMINISTRATION, Aggressive behavior, 20(3), 1994, pp. 213-222
We report on two studies of anger and aggression in women. One study c
oncerns an experimental study of anger induction in aggressive and non
-aggressive sportswomen. It was found that sports choice in itself, co
ntrary to expectation, does not predict anger arousal and aggressive b
ehavior in the laboratory. However, at an individual level the anger p
roneness of the subject, as measured by a questionnaire we developed,
was related to the intensity of aggressive behavior and subjectively r
eported anger. The second study concerns the activating effects of and
rogens on aggression and anger proneness. In a group of 22 female-to-m
ale transsexuals, a battery of anger proneness and aggression question
naires was administered twice: shortly before and 3 months after the s
tart of androgen treatment. Administration of androgens was clearly as
sociated with an increase in anger proneness, although there were no c
hanges in several aspects of overt aggressive behavior. (C) 1994 Wiley
-Liss, Inc.