Investigating associations between cortisol, testosterone and emotion regulation in healthy young men.

Studied

An observational experiment examined whether baseline cortisol and testosterone relate to how effectively men reinterpret negative emotional images.

Who / model

There were 137 male participants. They either viewed images passively or reinterpreted them, then rated emotional negativity. Hormones were measured in saliva before the task.

Studied dose & schedule

Dose and schedule have not yet been extracted for this summary.

Found

Higher cortisol was associated with less negativity among men who habitually used reinterpretation. Testosterone showed no clear association, either alone or in the tested interactions.

Limits

The cortisol association was small and appeared only with low-intensity images.

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