dc.contributor.author
Lautenbacher, Leopold Maria
dc.contributor.author
Neyse, Levent
dc.date.accessioned
2020-09-18T09:29:32Z
dc.date.available
2020-09-18T09:29:32Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/28330
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-28080
dc.description.abstract
A body of literature reports higher rates of depression and neuroticism in female samples compared to male samples. Numerous studies have investigated the role of prenatal sex hormone exposure in this sex difference, using the ratio between the second and fourth digit of the hand ("2D:4D") as a putative marker. However, the sample sizes of those studies were mostly small and results remained inconclusive. The aim of the present study is to test the suggested associations between depression, neuroticism and the 2D:4D ratio in a large, representative sample of over 3,000 German individuals. It was hypothesized that a higher 2D:4D (supposedly representing a more "feminine" prenatal hormone exposure) would positively predict (1) one's history of depression as well as (2) neuroticism rates and (3) acute depressive symptom scores. Controlling for biological sex, we only found suggestive evidence for linear associations with neuroticism in the case of left hand 2D:4D ratios and the mean 2D:4D of both hands. However, additional analyses indicated that these results may have been spurious due to confounding. Our findings suggest that the 2D:4D ratio is not a relevant predictor of depression, while there was mixed evidence in the case of neuroticism.
en
dc.format.extent
10 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
sex-differences
en
dc.subject
gender-differences
en
dc.subject
personality-traits
en
dc.subject
digit ratios
en
dc.subject
testosterone
en
dc.subject
metaanalysis
en
dc.subject.ddc
100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie::150 Psychologie
dc.title
Depression, neuroticism and 2D:4D ratio: evidence from a large, representative sample
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
11136
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1038/s41598-020-67882-x
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Scientific Reports
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
1
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
10
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67882-x
refubium.affiliation
Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
2045-2322
refubium.resourceType.provider
WoS-Alert