Testosterone Associations With Parents’ Child Abuse Risk and At-Risk Parenting: A Multimethod Longitudinal Examination

Abstract

The current investigation considered salivary testosterone as a potential biomarker of physical child abuse risk. Parents enrolled in a prospective, longitudinal, multimethod study beginning prenatally provided saliva when their toddlers were 18 months old. Mothers and fathers self-reported on their empathy, frustration tolerance, and child abuse risk, as well as completing analog tasks of frustration intolerance and child abuse risk and participating in structured parent-child interactions. In contrast to mothers, fathers’ higher testosterone levels were associated with increased child abuse risk, less observed positive parenting, more observed negative parenting, and an analog task of frustration intolerance; such findings were reflected across time. Further, fathers’ socioeconomic status moderated the association between testosterone levels and abuse risk. No evidence of partner effects was observed in dyadic analyses. The current findings suggest that higher testosterone levels reflect an increased likelihood that paternal physically abusive behavior may be expressed.

Cortisol and testosterone concentrations during the prenatal and postpartum period forecast later caregiving quality in mothers and fathers

“…The few studies that examined associations between T and maternal caregiving behavior indicated mixed results. While higher T was associated with more sensitivity in one study (Endendijk et al, 2016), and lower maternal engagement in another study (Clowtis et al, 2016), T was not predictive of maternal behavior in other studies (Bos et al, 2018;Gordon et al, 2017;Rodriguez et al, 2020). It thus remains unclear whether and how T is related to maternal caregiving quality.…”

“…For these three research questions, and following the dualhormone hypothesis, we hypothesized that higher CORT and T would predict lower paternal caregiving quality in toddlerhood, and that the negative association between T and caregiving quality would be stronger for fathers with lower CORT. Given that studies find both positive and negative associations between CORT, T and maternal caregiving behavior (Endendijk et al, 2016;Clowtis et al, 2016;Finegood et al, 2016;Mills-Koonce et al, 2009;Thompson and Trevathan, 2008), while other studies do not find any associations (Bos et al, 2018;Gordon et al, 2017;Rodriguez et al, 2020), we did not set up specific hypotheses on the direction of the associations between T, CORT and maternal caregiving quality in toddlerhood.…”

“…Also, fathers' engagement in childcare, attachment to the child, and cuddling appeared more pronounced the greater the T diurnal decline (Ahnert et al, 2021). In contrast, fathers' higher T was associated with increased child abuse risk, less observed positive parenting, and more observed negative parenting towards their 18-month-olds (Rodriguez et al, 2020). It is unclear how this relation between T and caregiving quality further develops as children age and men shift back to a mating orientation (Corpuz et al, 2020;Rosenbaum et al, 2018).…”

Kastrasi Kimia dalam Manajemen Kejahatan Seksual terhadap Anak: Tinjauan Medis

“…9 Terlepas dari hormon testosteron, terjadinya kejahatan seksual merupakan interaksi kompleks antara fungsi kognitif, emosional, sosio-ekonomi, dan kontekstual seseorang. 9,10 Saat ini, tindakan kastrasi kimia yang bertujuan untuk menurunkan impuls seksual pelaku cukup banyak diterapkan. Beberapa negara bagian di Amerika Serikat dan sejumlah negara di Benua Eropa serta Asia sudah menggunakan metode ini selama beberapa tahun terakhir sebagai bagian dari rehabilitasi pelaku.…”

Executive Function in Weight Loss Maintenance: The Moderating Role of Socioeconomic Status

“…SES was measured by averaging standardized income and education variables (e.g., Pu & Rodriguez, 2021;Rodriguez et al, 2021;Gardner et al, 2017). Education was reported on a 5-point scale, ranging from (1) Less than a high school diploma to (5) Graduate school.…”