The association between testosterone and unethical behaviours, and the moderating role of intrasexual competition.
Researchers have called for a greater use of neuroscientific methods to advance theories in ethical behaviour. Our research takes a neuroscientific approach to investigating unethical behaviour by examining the roles of testosterone and intrasexual competition. We propose that unethical behavioural...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Psychology Vol. 113; no. 1; pp. 208 - 226 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Wiley-Blackwell
Feb2022
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=154758128&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 154758128 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00071269 BJP jtl: British Journal of Psychology issn: 00071269 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Feb2022 vid: 113 iid: 1 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 154758128 10.1111/bjop.12525 ppf: 208 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: C – @attributes: type: P size: 356KB tig: atl: The association between testosterone and unethical behaviours, and the moderating role of intrasexual competition. aug: au: Nepomuceno, Marcelo Vinhal Stenstrom, Eric affil: Department of Marketing, HEC Montréal, Montréal Quebec,, Canada Marketing Department, Farmer School of Business, Miami University, Oxford Ohio,, USA su: Competition (Psychology) Behavior disorders Sex distribution Vocabulary Anger Content analysis Testosterone Descriptive statistics Questionnaires Intention Data analysis software sug: subj: Competition (Psychology) Behavior disorders Sex distribution Vocabulary Anger Content analysis Testosterone Descriptive statistics Questionnaires Intention Data analysis software keyword: anger baseline testosterone intrasexual competition negative emotions unethical behaviour anger baseline testosterone intrasexual competition negative emotions unethical behaviour ab: Researchers have called for a greater use of neuroscientific methods to advance theories in ethical behaviour. Our research takes a neuroscientific approach to investigating unethical behaviour by examining the roles of testosterone and intrasexual competition. We propose that unethical behavioural intentions will be greater for high‐testosterone individuals in response to highly intrasexually competitive situations as a means of enhancing status. In an experiment, we measure baseline testosterone and assign participants to an intrasexually competitive or control condition. We demonstrate that in men, but not in women, testosterone is positively associated with unethical behavioural intentions in response to an intrasexual competition prime. Furthermore, using textual analysis, we find that testosterone is positively associated with the usage of anger‐related words in response to an intrasexual competition prime among men. In turn, anger‐related words are positively associated with unethical behaviour, suggesting that anger may play a role in motivating high‐testosterone men to behave unethically. Overall, our findings contribute to the literature by suggesting that testosterone and competition lead to greater unethical behaviour in men, and that anger plays a role in promoting unethical behaviour. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|