Effects of early androgens on sex-typed activities and interests in adolescents with congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Effects of early androgens on sex-typed activities and interests in adolescents with congenital adrenal hyperplasia
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DOI：
10.1006/hbeh.1998.1503
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发表时间：
1999-02-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Berenbaum, SA
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作者：
Berenbaum, SA
这项研究的目的是研究青春期早期雄激素暴露与性行为和兴趣的关系。受试者年龄9-19岁，包括先天性肾上腺皮质增生症(CAH)的24名女孩和18名男孩，以及16名未患病的姐妹和24名未患病的兄弟作为对照。使用标准化问卷，青少年报告了他们参与按性别分类的活动和对按性别分类的职业的兴趣，父母报告了青少年的活动。根据假设，患有CAH的女孩表现出非典型的性偏好：与未接触CAH的对照女孩相比，对男性典型活动和职业的兴趣增加，对女性典型活动和职业的兴趣降低。这些结果扩展了患有CAH的年轻女孩的性行为非典型游戏的发现，并表明患有CAH的女性的性非典型活动和兴趣反映了雄激素对发育中的大脑的直接影响，而不是对男性化生殖器的社会反应。这些结果还表明，人群在活动和兴趣方面的性别差异部分源于早期雄激素的性别差异，(C)1999年学术出版社。
The goal of this study was to examine the relation of early androgen exposure to sex-typed activities and interests in adolescence. Participants aged 9-19 years included 24 girls and 18 boys with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and 16 unaffected sisters and 24 unaffected brothers who served as controls. Using standardized questionnaires, adolescents reported on their participation in sex-typed activities and interest in sex-typed occupations, and parents reported on the adolescents' activities. As hypothesized, girls with CAH showed sex-atypical preferences: increased interest in male-typical activities and careers and reduced interest in female-typical activities and careers compared to the unexposed control girls. These results extend findings of sex-atypical play in young girls with CAH and suggest that the sex-atypical activities and interests of females with CAH reflect direct effects of androgens on the developing brain rather than social responses to virilized genitalia. These results also suggest that population sex differences in activities and interests arise in part from sex differences in early androgens, (C) 1999 Academic Press.