2D: 4D in Men Is Related to Aggressive Dominance but Not to Sociable Dominance

Leander van der Meij; Mercedes Almela; Abraham P. Buunk; Shelli Dubbs; Alicia Salvador

doi:10.1002/ab.21422

2D: 4D in Men Is Related to Aggressive Dominance but Not to Sociable Dominance

Leander van der Meij^*, Mercedes Almela, Abraham P. Buunk, Shelli Dubbs, Alicia Salvador

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Heymans Institute for Psychological Research

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It has been shown that a smaller ratio between the length of the second and fourth digit (2D:4D) is an indicator of the exposure to prenatal testosterone (T). This study measured the 2D:4D of men and assessed dominance as a personality trait to investigate indirectly if the exposure to prenatal T is related to a dominant personality later in life. Results showed that men had a more aggressive dominant personality when having a more masculine (lower) 2D:4D, while there was no relationship between sociable dominance and 2D:4D. Findings from this study indicate that it is important to distinguish different forms of dominance since other studies failed to find relationships between dominance and 2D:4D. Aggr. Behav. 38:208212, 2012. (C) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	208-212
Number of pages	5
Journal	Aggressive Behavior
Volume	38
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21422
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

2D:4D
aggressive dominance
sociable dominance
personality
prenatal testosterone
FINGER LENGTH RATIO
DIGIT RATIO
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
WOMEN
TESTOSTERONE
2ND
BEHAVIOR
HORMONES
TRAITS
2D-4D

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